Feasibility and clinical outcomes when using practice guidelines for evaluation of fever in returning travelers and migrants: A validation study

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 169-182

  Mueller, Yolanda ^a   D'Acremont, Valérie ^a,b   Ambresin, Anne Emmanuelle ^a   Rossi, Isabelle ^a,b   Martin, Olivier ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^c   Genton, Blaise ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWITZERLAND; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SWITZERLAND; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84899074516     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jtm.12099     Document Type: Article

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