Use of serum C reactive protein and procalcitonin concentrations in addition to symptoms and signs to predict pneumonia in patients presenting to primary care with acute cough: diagnostic study

Objectives To quantify the diagnostic accuracy of selected inflammatory markers in addition to symptoms and signs for predicting pneumonia and to derive a diagnostic tool. Design Diagnostic study performed between 2007 and 2010. Participants had their history taken, underwent physical examination an...

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Autores principales: van Vugt, Saskia F, Broekhuizen, Berna D L, Lammens, Christine, Zuithoff, Nicolaas P A, de Jong, Pim A, Coenen, Samuel, Ieven, Margareta, Butler, Chris C, Goossens, Herman, Little, Paul, Verheij, Theo J M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3639712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23633005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f2450

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