Severity prediction rules in community acquired pneumonia: A validation study

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-223

  Lim, W S ^a   Lewis, S ^a   Macfarlane, J T ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Prediction rule; Severity

Indexed keywords

SODIUM ION; UREA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034013695     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.3.219     Document Type: Article

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