The pneumonia score: A simple grading scale for prediction of pneumonia after acute stroke

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 64-68

  Kwon, Hyung Min ^a   Jeong, Sang Wuk ^b   Lee, Seung Hoon ^a   Yoon, Byung Woo ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 32844456186     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.06.011     Document Type: Article

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