Causes of death for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: Results from the pneumonia patient outcomes research team cohort study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1059-1064

  Mortensen, Eric M ^a   Coley, Christopher M ^c   Singer, Daniel E ^c   Marrie, Thomas J ^d   Scott Obrosky, D ^a   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^a   Fine, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CANCER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0037071257     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.162.9.1059     Document Type: Article

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