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Can history and exam alone reliably predict pneumonia?

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2007

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AW Graffelman, Saskia le Cessie, Arie Knuistingh Neven, F E J A Wilemssen, Harmine M. Zonderland, Pieter J. van den Broek
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Abstract

Models based only on clinical information do not reliably predict the presence of pneumonia. The addition of an elevated C-reactive protein level seems of little value.