Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 318-328, March 2004

Is it influenza or anthrax? A decision analytic approach to the treatment of patients with influenza-like illnesses☆

  • Andrew M Fine, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Andrew M. Fine, MD, MPH, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115; 617-355-6624, fax 617-731-3279
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  • John B Wong, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Decision Making, Tufts–New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Hamish S.F Fraser, MBChB, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Informatics Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Gary R Fleisher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Kenneth D Mandl, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Informatics Program, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 14 May 2003; received in revised form 11 September 2003; accepted 17 September 2003.

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☆ Author contributions: AMF, HSFF, and KDM conceived the study. AMF, JBW, HSFF, GRF, and KDM designed the methods. JBW provided statistical advice and expertise on modeling outcomes in the decision analysis. GRF provided expert infectious disease advice. AMF drafted the manuscript, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. AMF takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Presented in part at the Society for Pediatric Research, Baltimore, MD, May 2002.Supported in part by National Research Service Award grant T32 HD40128-01 (Research Training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine); by the National Institutes of Health through grants R01LM07677-01 and LM07092-10 from the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; and by contract 290-00-0020 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(03)00968-5

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.09.007

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