A national study of the impact of rapid influenza testing on clinical care in the emergency department

Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 112-118

  Blaschke, Anne J ^a   Shapiro, Daniel J ^b,c   Pavia, Andrew T ^a   Byington, Carrie L ^a   Ampofo, Krow ^a   Stockmann, Chris ^a,d   Hersh, Adam L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Influenza; Influenza testing; Rapid diagnostics; Rapid influenza testing

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; OSELTAMIVIR; RIMANTADINE; ZANAMIVIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INFANT; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID INFLUENZA TEST; RAPID TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNSPECIFIED VIRAL INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT VISIT; PHYSICIAN; RAPID INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STAFF TRAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84921717918     PISSN: 20487193     EISSN: 20487207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pit071     Document Type: Article

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