Severe community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care: A study of 80 cases from Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 458-461

  Poulose, V ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Logistic organ dysfunction score; Melioidosis; Severe community acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVOR; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 47249093259     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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