Community-acquired pneumonia in old age: A prospective study of 91 patients admitted from home

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 69-75

  Lieberman, David ^a   Lieberman, Devora ^a   Schlaeffer, Fransisc ^a   Porath, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Old age

Indexed keywords

UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UREA;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030903611     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.2.69     Document Type: Article

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