Establishing a Clinical Decision Rule of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome at the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Wang, Tzong Luen ^a,d   Jang, Tsrang Neng ^a   Huang, Chien Hsien ^a   Kao, Shang Jyh ^a   Lin, Chor Ming ^a   Lee, Fang Niarn ^b   Liu, Cheng Yao ^c,d   Chong, Chee Fah ^a   Lin, Chu Mei ^a   Dorji, Harnod ^a   Teng, Hsueh Ju ^a   Chang, Hang ^a,d  

^a SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Taipei Municipal Chung Hsin Hospital   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 9144254486     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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