Developing a diagnosis calculator to estimate the probability of bacterial pneumonia

• Main Authors: Jonathan D. Baghdadi (Author), Ravi Tripathi (Author), Lisa Pineles (Author), Anthony D. Harris (Author), Danica Palacio (Author), Drew Charles (Author), Kimberly C. Claeys (Author), Emily Heil (Author), Jackie Bork (Author), Daniel J. Morgan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Misdiagnosis of bacterial pneumonia increases risk of exposure to inappropriate antibiotics and adverse events. We developed a diagnosis calculator (https://calculator.testingwisely.com) to inform clinical diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia using objective indicators, including inci...