Factors predicting mortality of patients with lung abscess

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 746-750

  Hirshberg, Boaz ^a   Sklair Levi, Miri ^a   Nir Paz, Ran ^a   Ben Sira, Liat ^a   Krivoruk, Victor ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a,b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diameter; Lung abscess; Outcome; Predisposing factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033064650     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.3.746     Document Type: Article

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