Influence of rapid influenza test on clinical management of children younger than five with febrile respiratory tract infections

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 755, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-241

  Nitsch Osuch, Aneta ^a   Stefanska, Ilona ^b   Kuchar, Ernest ^c   Brydak, Lidia B ^b,d   Pirogowicz, Iwona ^c   Zycinska, Katarzyna ^a   Wardyn, Kazimierz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Clinical management; Diagnosis; Influenza; Rapid test

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OSELTAMIVIR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID INFLUENZA DETECTION TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEASONAL INFLUENZA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84867495826     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4546-9_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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