Investigation of lower respiratory tract infection

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Dec 2011 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 343, pages d7727-d7727 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: James A, Erskine;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.d7727

pmid: 22167775

Investigation of lower respiratory tract infection

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As a doctor returning from 16 years in rural practice in the Gambia, I appreciated how Chalmers and Hill discouraged wasteful investigation of presumed lower respiratory tract infection.1Throughout these years I worked beyond reach of chest radiography and blood or sputum culture facilities and used World Health Organization guidelines, which …

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Primary Health Care, Humans, Female, Respiratory Tract Infections

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