Predictive Model of Diagnosing Probable Cases of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Febrile Patients with Exposure Risk

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Chen, Shey Ying ^a   Su, Chan Ping ^a   Ma, Matthew Huei Ming ^a   Chiang, Wen Chu ^a   Hsu, Chiung Yuan ^a   Ko, Patrick Chow In ^a   Tsai, Kuang Chau ^a   Yen, Zui Shen ^a   Shih, Fuh Yuan ^a   Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a   Chen, Wen Jone ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MYALGIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 9144223669     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00817-5     Document Type: Article

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