Factors influencing prognosis of pneumonia in elderly patients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 467-471

  Wawruch, Martin ^a   Krcmery, Silvester ^b   Bozekova, Lydia ^a   Wsolova, Ladislava ^c   Lassan, Stefan ^d   Slobodova, Zuzana ^a   Kriska, Milan ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine of Comenius University and University Hospital Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b Derer 's University Hospital Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^c INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^d Department of Bronchoscopy   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Clinical characteristics; Comorbid condition; Elderly; Multivariate analysis; Pneumonia; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; GERIATRIC CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 13544269606     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327403     Document Type: Article

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