Validation and application of the pneumonia prognosis index to nursing home residents with pneumonia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1538-1544

  Mylotte, Joseph M ^a,b   Naughton, Bruce ^c   Saludades, Charito ^c   Maszarovics, Zoltan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031775052     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb01539.x     Document Type: Article

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