Community-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit: Epidemiological and prognosis data in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-546

  Leroy, Olivier ^a   Bosquet, Christophe ^a   Vandenbussche, Christian ^b   Coffinier, Cécile ^c   Georges, Hughes ^a   Guery, Benoit ^a   Alfandari, Serge ^a   Thevenin, Didier ^d   Beaucaire, Gilles ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE TOURCOING   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier de LENS   (France)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Older people; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032931789     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb02567.x     Document Type: Article

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