Severe community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: Epidemiology and prognosis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 723-728

  Rello, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029761033     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.723     Document Type: Article

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