Serum albumin level and nosocomial pneumonia in stroke patients

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-301

  Dziedzic, T ^a   Pera, J ^a   Klimkowicz, A ^a   Turaj, W ^a   Slowik, A ^a   Rog, T M ^a   Szczudlik, A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Albumin; Infection; Pneumonia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBUMINS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA; RISK;

EID: 33645276008     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2006.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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