Severe community acquired pneumonia: A one-year analysis in a tertiary referral intensive care unit

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1109, 2000, Pages 161-164

  Gowardman, John ^a   Trent, Louise ^a  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BACTERIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034640104     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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