A comparative study of community- and nursing home-acquired empyema thoracis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1847-1852

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b   Alhajjhasan, Ahmad ^a   Ramadan, Fadi H ^a   Pineda, Lilibeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Empyema; Microbiology; Nursing home; Outcome

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CLINDAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED EMPYEMA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED EMPYEMA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGANISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 35748986406     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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