Revitalizing a vital sign: Improving detection of tachypnea at primary triage

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-43

  Bianchi, William ^a,c   Dugas, Andrea Freyer ^a   Hsieh, Yu Hsiang ^a   Saheed, Mustapha ^a   Hill, Peter ^a   Lindauer, Cathleen ^a   Terzis, Andreas ^b   Rothman, Richard E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TACHYPNEA; VITAL SIGN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AUSCULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TACHYPNEA; TRIAGE;

EID: 84871294665     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.05.030     Document Type: Article

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