Diagnosing pneumonia in patients with acute cough: Clinical judgment compared to chest radiography

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1076-1082

  Van Vugt, Saskia F ^a   Verheij, Theo J M ^a   De Jong, Pim A ^a   Butler, Chris C ^b   Hood, Kerenza ^b   Coenen, Samuel ^c   Goossens, Herman ^c   Little, Paul ^d   Broekhuizen, Berna D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; COUGH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886564784     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00111012     Document Type: Article

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