Acute pyelonephritis in US hospitals in 1997: Hospitalization and in-hospital mortality

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-150

  Foxman, Betsy ^a,c   Klemstine, Kelly L ^a   Brown, Patricia D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Pyelonephritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037307659     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(02)00272-7     Document Type: Article

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