The quick and the dead: The importance of rapid evaluation of infiltrates in the immunocompromised patient

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-12

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TOXICITY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036308585     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.1.9     Document Type: Editorial

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