Diagnosis of pneumonia in the ED has poor accuracy despite diagnostic uncertainty

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 881-885

  Sikka, Rishi ^a   Tommaso, Laura H ^a   Kaucky, Carleen ^a   Kulstad, Erik B ^a  

^a ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; AZTREONAM; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC UNCERTAINTY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84863193856     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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