Factors associated with death among adults <55 years of age hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-421

  Marrie, Thomas J ^a   Carriere, Keumhee C ^a   Jin, Yan ^b   Johnson, David H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Research and Evidence   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037442671     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346037     Document Type: Article

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