Using randomized controlled trial data, the agreement between retrospectively and prospectively collected data comprising the pneumonia severity index was substantial

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 357-363

  Aujesky, Drahomir ^a,b   Stone, Roslyn A ^b,c   Obrosky, D Scott ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a   Auble, Thomas E ^a   Meehan, Thomas P ^d,e   Graff, Louis G ^d,f,g   Fine, Jonathan M ^d,h   Fine, Michael J ^a,b  

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

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^g NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohen's ; Community acquired pneumonia; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18044398270     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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