Severity prediction index in hospitalized community acquired pneumonia;Índice de gravedad en neumonía comunitaria hospitalizada

Revista Chilena de Enfermedades Respiratorias

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 155-159

  Cereceda P , Jaime ^a   Maturana R , Roxana ^b   Acevedo F , Víctor ^b   Aylwin R , Mabel ^a   Flores O , Maritza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Hospital Regional de Concepcion Dr Guillermo Grant Benavente   (Chile)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Hospital admission; Mortality; Severity prediction index

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144448723     PISSN: 07175698     EISSN: 07177348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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