Chest radiography of acute paediatric lower respiratory infections: Experience versus interobserver variation

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Levinsky, Yoel ^a,b   Mimouni, Francis B ^c   Fisher, Drora ^a,b   Ehrlichman, Matityahu ^a,b  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Interobserver variability; Pneumonia; Radiography; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; LABORATORY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICIAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; LUNG DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIATRICS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84878585454     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12249     Document Type: Article

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