Should clinical case definitions of influenza in hospitalized older adults include fever?

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 9, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 23-29

  Falsey, Ann R ^a,b   Baran, Andrea ^c   Walsh, Edward E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical case definition; Elderly; Fever; Influenza

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VIRUS CULTURE; AGE; COUGH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUGH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84938765995     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12316     Document Type: Article

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