Radiographic Resolution of Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia in the Elderly

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-229

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b   Aquilina, Alan T ^a   Gunen, Hakan ^a   Ramadan, Fadi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest roentgenogram; Elderly; Pneumonia; Resolution

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1242329774     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52059.x     Document Type: Article

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