Outcome of nursing home-acquired pneumonia: Derivation and application of a practical model to predict 30 day mortality

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1292-1299

  Naughton, Bruce J ^a,b   Mylotte, Joseph M ^a,c   Tayara, Ammar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Mortality; Nursing home acquired pneumonia; Prediction models

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033769752     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb02604.x     Document Type: Article

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