Scoring systems using chest radiographic features for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in adults: A systematic review

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 480-494

  Pinto, Lancelot M ^a,b   Pai, Madhukar ^a,b   Dheda, Keertan ^c   Schwartzman, Kevin ^a,b   Menzies, Dick ^a,b   Steingart, Karen R ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG CAVITY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LUNG; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84882719400     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00107412     Document Type: Article

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