Impact of the availability of an influenza virus rapid antigen test on diagnostic decision making in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 696-698

  Hojat, Katayun ^a   Duppenthaler, Andrea ^a   Aebi, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cost; Hospitalization; Influenza; Rapid antigen test

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA A; INFLUENZA A RAPID TEST; INFLUENZA B; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA B VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84879970511     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182948f11     Document Type: Article

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