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...
| Publicado en: | Academic Emergency Medicine Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 40 - 45 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2008
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |