Validation of a predictive rule for the management of community-acquired pneumonia

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-157

  Capelastegui, A ^a   Espana P P ^a   Quintana, J M ^a   Areitio, I ^a   Gorordo, I ^a   Egurrola, M ^a   Bilbao, A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

^b Fundación Vasca de Innovación e Investigación Sanitarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Prediction rule; Severity assessment

Indexed keywords

UREA;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 30744456545     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00062505     Document Type: Article

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