Do pulmonary radiographic findings at presentation predict mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2206-2212

  Hasley, Peggy B ^a,e   Albaum, Michael N ^a   Li, Yi Hwei ^b   Fuhrman, Carl R ^a   Britton, Cynthia A ^a   Marrie, Thomas J ^c   Singer, Daniel E ^d   Coley, Christopher M ^d   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^a   Fine, Michael J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 16044373967     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.19.2206     Document Type: Article

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