Clinical prediction rules in community-acquired pneumonia: Lies, damn lies and statistics

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 595-596

  Abers, M S ^a   Musher, D M ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CURB 65 SCROING SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RISK; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMART COP SCORING SYSTEM; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84903765155     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu096     Document Type: Note

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