Derivation of a Triage Algorithm for Chest Radiography of Community-acquired Pneumonia Patients in the Emergency Department.

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) accounts for 1.5 million emergency department (ED) patient visits in the United States each year. OBJECTIVES: To derive an algorithm for the ED triage setting that facilitates rapid and accurate ordering of chest radiography (CXR) for CAP. METHODS: The...

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Published in:	Academic Emergency Medicine Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 40 - 45
Main Authors:	Kyriacou DN, Yarnold PR, Soltysik RC, Self WH, Wunderink RG, Schmitt BP, Parada JP, Adams JG
Format:	research Journal Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jan2008
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