Decision rules and pneumonia: What are we "predicting," and for whom?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1169-1170

  Huang, David T ^a   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 33845517061     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200609-1389ED     Document Type: Editorial

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