- ►annals.org JP Metlay, MJ Fine - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians This paper reviews the test characteristics of the history, physical
examination, and laboratory findings, individually and in combination, in
diagnosing community-acquired pneumonia and predicting short-term risk for ... Cited by 145 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
SJ Atlas, TI Benzer, LH Borowsky, YC Chang … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 1998 - Am Med Assoc Methods The intervention provided physicians with the Pneumonia Severity Index
score and corresponding mortality risk for eligible patients and offered
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- ►tripod.com [PDF] EA Halm, AS Teirstein - The New England journal of medicine, 2002 - nejm.highwire.org This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical
problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a
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H Syrjälä, M Broas, I Suramo, A Ojala, S … - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 - UChicago Press We compared high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) with chest radiography
(CR) to determine if there is any advantage to using HRCT in the diagnosis of
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B Rosón, J Carratalà, J Dorca, A Casanova, … - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2001 - UChicago Press Featured in New York Times "Searching the Web for Flu Outbreaks" November 28,
2008 Using Internet Searches for Influenza Surveillance Philip M. Polgreen,
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SK Basi, TJ Marrie, JQ Huang, SR Majumdar - The American journal of medicine, 2004 - Elsevier One third (n = 911) of patients admitted with pneumonia had their initial
radiograph reported as “no pneumonia.” Independent review found that only 7%
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FW Arnold, JA Ramirez, LC McDonald, EL Xia - Chest, 2003 - chestjournal.chestpubs.org Study objectives: (1) To define clinical factors that could justify hospital
admission among patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) with risk
classes of I or II. (2) To determine the positive predictive value of the ... Cited by 84 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
JP Metlay, WN Kapoor, MJ Fine - Jama, 1997 - Am Med Assoc Community-acquired pneumonia is an important cause of acute respiratory symptoms
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- ►wikedoc.com [PDF] GW Waterer, RG Wunderink - Respiratory medicine, 2001 - Elsevier The value of blood cultures in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been
questioned. At issue is the potential for blood cultures to change management.
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P Gennis, J Gallagher, C Falvo, S Baker, W … - The Journal of emergency medicine - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Adults presenting to an emergency department with acute respiratory illness were
studied prospectively in an effort to identify sensitive clinical criteria for
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