Relationship Between Medical Questionnaire and Influenza Rapid Test Positivity: Subjective Pretest Probability, “I Think I Have Influenza,” Contributes to the Positivity Rate

Introduction Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) are considered essential for determining when to start influenza treatment using anti-influenza drugs, but their accuracy is about 70%. Under the COVID-19 pandemic, we hope to refrain from performing unnecessary RIDTs considering droplet infectio...

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Autores principales: Katsuki, Masahito, Matsuo, Mitsuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34462700
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16679

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8390973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34462700
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16679

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