Clinical opinion prevails over the pneumonia severity index

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1312-1313

  Siegel, Robert E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 29244433499     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.08.053     Document Type: Editorial

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