There is no "cap" on the importance of community-acquired pneumonia in the ICU

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 590-592

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a,b,c   Wunderink, Richard G ^a,d  

^a Washington Hospital Center ^*

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549129064     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2515     Document Type: Editorial

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