A five-year study of severe community-acquired pneumonia with emphasis on prognosis in patients admitted to an intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 24-31

  Leroy, O ^a   Santre C ^a   Beuscart, C ^a   Georges, H ^a   Guery, B ^a   Jacquier, J M ^a   Beaucaire, G ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Critically ill patients; Epidemiology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTROPENIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028889934     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02425150     Document Type: Article

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