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Likelihood Ratio (LR) in Emergency Medicine
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4/05/2012

Diagnosis of pneumonia. Is it the time for a combined imaging strategy?

A 80 yo man is brought from an assisted-living facility because of fever, productive cough, tachycardia and dyspnoea. 
He has a history of dementia and hypertension.
He is cachectic, you hear ronchi on the left side. 



How should you approach this patient?

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