The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Pneumonia, Adult, Community-Acquired
David L. Simel, Joshua P. Metlay
Make the Diagnosis: Pneumonia, Adult, Community-Acquired
Topics Discussed:
chest x-ray, community acquired pneumonia, criterion standard comparisons (diagnostic tests), make the diagnosis, pneumonia, prior probability
Excerpt:
"Using cough as a requirement for considering pneumonia, the baseline
probability of radiographic-proven pneumonia in patients with acute
cough illness is about 5%...."
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