A prospective comparison of severity scores for identifying patients with severe community acquired pneumonia: Reconsidering what is meant by severe pneumonia

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-424

  Buising, K L ^a   Thursky, K A ^a,b   Black, J F ^a   MacGregor, L ^a   Street, A C ^a   Kennedy, M P ^a   Brown, G V ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646569991     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.051326     Document Type: Article

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