Chest x-rays around placement in long-term care facilities : a review of clinical utility and guidelines / Ron Pohar, Lorna Adcock

This report will review the evidence, if identified, in which the clinical utility of chest x-rays for the assessment of illness (e.g., tuberculosis (TB) or other respiratory illness such as pneumonia) in adults prior to placement in long-term care facilities was evaluated. As well, guidelines pertaining to the use of assessments for illness in adults, including chest x-rays and other medical assessments, prior to being placed in long-term care facilities will be summarized and reviewed..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

April 2018

Erschienen:

Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health ; April 2018

Ausgabe:

Version 1.0.

Reihe:

CADTH rapid response report: summary with critical appraisal

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pohar, Ron [VerfasserIn]
Adcock, Lorna [VerfasserIn]

Links:

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [teilw. kostenfrei]

Themen:

Canada
Diagnostic Tests, Routine
Latent Tuberculosis
Long-Term Care
Practice Guideline
Review

Anmerkungen:

Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 22, 2019)

Umfang:

1 online resource (1 PDF file (14 pages))

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1773195174