Community-acquired pneumonia in inpatients: Mortality, comorbidity and risk classes;Neumonía adquirida en la comunidad en pacientes ingresados: Mortalidad, comorbilidad y clases de riesgo

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 64-67

  Ruiz de Ona Lacasta J M ^a   Gomez Fernandez M ^a   Celdran Gil J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PRADO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Mortality; Risk

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037303934     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13043646     Document Type: Article

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