Pneumonia above 80 years, admitted to the hospital;Neumonía en el anciano mayor de 80 años con ingreso hospitalario

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 117-121

  Zubillaga Garmendia, Gabriel ^a,c   Sanchez Haya E ^a   Benavente Claveras, J ^a   Ceciaga Elexpuru, E ^a   Zamarreno Gomez I ^a   Zubillaga Azpiroz E ^a   Sarasqueta Eizaguirre, C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aged, 80 and over; Elderly; Hospitalist; Pneumonia; Therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45849110344     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: 02127199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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