Severe community-acquired pneumonia in ICUs: Prospective validation of a prognostic score

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1307-1314

  Leroy, O ^a   Georges, H ^a   Beuscart, C ^a   Guery, B ^a   Coffinier, C ^b   Vandenbussche, C ^a,d   Thevenin, D ^c   Beaucaire, G ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de LENS   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Intensive care units; Mortality; Pneumonia; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030472159     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01709543     Document Type: Article

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