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 …

Pneumonia is often diagnosed and treated empirically. We set out to determine the
diagnostic accuracy of clinical judgment based on signs and symptoms to detect radiographic …

BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP) is increasingly being included in the diagnostic
work-up for community-acquired pneumonia in primary care. Its added diagnostic value …

Background Pneumonia remains difficult to diagnose in primary care. Prediction models
based on signs and symptoms (S&S) serve to minimize the diagnostic uncertainty. External …

Background. Valid clinical predictors of influenza in patients presenting with lower
respiratory tract infection (LRTI) symptoms would provide adequate patient information and …

Background. Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a common presentation in primary
care, but little is known about associated patients’ illness perception and related behaviour. …

Aim To compare quality of care provided by nurse practitioners (NP) with care provided by
general practitioners (GP) for children with respiratory tract infections (RTI) in the Netherlands. …

Background In every patient presenting with acute cough or other signs of lower respiratory
tract infection (LRTI) in primary care, general practitioners (GPs) have to judge whether it …

Background Vitamin tests are increasingly ordered by GPs, but a clinical and evidence-based
indication is often lacking. Harnessing technology (that is, decision support tools and …