Accuracy of the Interpretation of Chest Radiographs for the Diagnosis of Paediatric Pneumonia

Mohamed A. Elemraid; Michelle Muller; David A. Spencer; Stephen P. Rushton; Russell Gorton; Matthew F. Thomas; Katherine M. Eastham; Fiona Hampton; Andrew R. Gennery; Julia E. Clark; on behalf of the North East of England Paediatric Respiratory Infection Study Group

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106051

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Accuracy of the Interpretation of Chest Radiographs for the Diagnosis of Paediatric Pneumonia

Mohamed A. Elemraid ,

* E-mail: elemraid@doctors.org.uk

Affiliations Department of Paediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Michelle Muller,

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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David A. Spencer,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Stephen P. Rushton,

Affiliation Biological, Clinical and Environmental Systems Modelling Group, School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Russell Gorton,

Affiliation Regional Epidemiology Unit, Public Health England North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Matthew F. Thomas,

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Paediatrics, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Biological, Clinical and Environmental Systems Modelling Group, School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Katherine M. Eastham,

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, United Kingdom
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Fiona Hampton,

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
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Andrew R. Gennery,

Affiliations Department of Paediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Julia E. Clark,

Affiliation Department of Paediatric Infectious Disease, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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on behalf of the North East of England Paediatric Respiratory Infection Study Group

Accuracy of the Interpretation of Chest Radiographs for the Diagnosis of Paediatric Pneumonia

Mohamed A. Elemraid,
Michelle Muller,
David A. Spencer,
Stephen P. Rushton,
Russell Gorton,
Matthew F. Thomas,
Katherine M. Eastham,
Fiona Hampton,
Andrew R. Gennery,
Julia E. Clark

Published: August 22, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106051

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