Assessment of illness severity in community acquired pneumonia: A useful new prediction tool?

Thorax

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 371-372

  Woodhead, M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037655027     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.58.5.371     Document Type: Editorial

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