Simplified prediction rule for prognosis of patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia in ICUs

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-165

  Leroy, Olivier ^a,f   Devos, Patrick ^b   Guery, Benoit ^a   Georges, Hughes ^a   Vandenbussche, Christian ^c   Coffinier, Cécile ^d   Thévenin, Didier ^e   Beaucaire, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^e Centre Hospitalier de LENS   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Intensive care; Prognostic score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0032802803     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.1.157     Document Type: Article

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