Community-acquired pneumonia in older veterans: Does the pneumonia prognosis index help?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 434-438

  Mody, Lona ^a   Sun, Rongjun ^a   Bradley, Suzanne ^a  

^a GRECC 11 G   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Older adults; Pneumonia prognosis index

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; SOLDIER; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 0036122302     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50107.x     Document Type: Article

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