Simple criteria to assess mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 201-204

  García Vázquez, Elisa ^a   Soto, Silvia ^a   Gómez, Joaquín ^a   Herrero, José Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Hospitalization; Mortality; Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team (port)

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PH; SURVIVAL;

EID: 47749149563     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13124630     Document Type: Article

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