Hospital resource utilization and patient outcomes associated with respiratory viral testing in hospitalized patients

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1366-1371

  Mulpuru, Sunita ^a,b,c   Aaron, Shawn D ^a,b,c   Ronksley, Paul E ^d   Lawrence, Nadine ^a   Forster, Alan J ^a,b,c  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRAL LOAD TESTING; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; CANADA; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VIRUS; VIRUS DISEASES;

CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84937485495     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2108.140978     Document Type: Article

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