A survey on hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia in Italy

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 82-88

  Migliorati, P L ^a   Boccoli, E ^b   Bracci, L S ^c   Sestini, P ^d   Melani, Andrea S ^c  

^a Ospedale Civile di Manerbio (Bs)   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Hospitalisation; Length of stay; Prognostic analysis; Retrospective analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33747068527     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.569     Document Type: Article

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