Severe community-acquired pneumonia: Assessment of severity criteria

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1102-1108

  Ewig, Santiago ^a   Ruiz, Mauricio ^b   Mensa, Josep ^e   Marcos, Maria Angeles ^e   Martinez, Jose Antonio ^e   Arancibia, Francisco ^c   Niederman, Michael S ^e   Torres, Antoni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Insituto Nacional del Tórax   (Chile)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031794530     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.4.9803114     Document Type: Article

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