Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia: The Time Course of Clinical and Radiographic Improvement

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1820-1823

  Datta, Debapriya ^a   Ali, Syed Abbas ^a   Henken, E M ^a   Kellet, Helen ^a   Brown, Susan ^a   Metersky, Mark L ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Chest radiograph; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPERATURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242468638     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.5.1820     Document Type: Article

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