Diagnosis and prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia: When and where should the patient be treated?

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Areno, John P ^a   San Pedro, Gerardo S ^a   Campbell Jr , G Douglas ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYNDROME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029899020     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009893     Document Type: Review

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