A predictive model for the treatment approach to community-acquired pneumonia in patients needing ICU admission

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1294-1300

  Olaechea, P M ^a   Quintana, J M ^a   Gallardo, M S ^a   Insausti, J ^b   Maravi, E ^b   Alvarez, B ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial pneumonia; Community acquired infections; Intensive Care Units; Logistic models

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 0030444588     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709541     Document Type: Article

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