Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: A multivariate analysis of risk and prognostic factors

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1450-1455

  Riquelme, Raúl ^a   Torres, Antoni ^b   El Ebiary, Mustafa ^c   Puig De La Bellacasa, Jorge ^c   Estruch, Ramón ^c   Mensa, Josep ^c   Fernández Solá, Joaquim ^c   Hernández, Carmen ^c   Rodriguez Roisin, Robert ^c  

^a Ctro Medico Especialidades R   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BREATHING RATE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029799035     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.5.8912763     Document Type: Article

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