Patterns of resolution of chest radiograph abnormalities in adults hospitalized with severe community-acquired pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 983-991

  Bruns, Anke H W ^a   Oosterheert, Jan Jelrik ^a   Prokop, Mathias ^a   Lammers, Jan Willem J ^a   Hak, Eelko ^a   Hoepelman, Andy I M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUSSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERVENTILATION; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUSSION; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 34848907124     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/521893     Document Type: Article

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