Appropriateness of hospitalization of patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 176-183

  Porath, A ^a   Schlaeffer, F ^a   Lieberman, D ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030056254     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70320-7     Document Type: Article

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