Community-acquired pneumonia in primary care: clinical assessment and the usability of chest radiography

Community-acquired pneumonia in primary care: clinical assessment and the usability of chest radiography

Objectives: To investigate the diagnostic value of different clinical and laboratory findings in pneumonia and to explore the association between the doctor’s degree of suspicion and chest X-ray (CXR) result and to evaluate whether or not CXR should be used routinely in primary care, when available....

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Main Authors: A.B. Moberg, U. Taléus, P. Garvin, S.-G. Fransson, M. Falk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Subjects:
Chest radiography
clinical assessment
community-acquired pneumonia
C-reactive protein
general practice
primary care
Sweden
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2015.1132889

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02813432.2015.1132889

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