Use of electronic health record data to identify skin and soft tissue infections in primary care settings: A validation study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Levine, Pamela J ^a   Elman, Miriam R ^a   Kullar, Ravina ^a   Townes, John M ^b   Bearden, David T ^a   Vilches Tran, Rowena ^a   McClellan, Ian ^a   McGregor, Jessina C ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Methodologies; Positive predictive value; Primary care; Skin infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875935842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-171     Document Type: Article

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