Predictive rules for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia;Indici prognostici nelle polmoniti acquisite in comunità

Minerva Pneumologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 85-91

  Putinati, S ^a   Ballerin, L ^a   Zabini, F ^a   Piattella, M ^a   Ritrovato, L ^a   Simoni, M ^a   Potena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 28544443277     PISSN: 00264954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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