Severity of childhood community-acquired pneumonia and chest radiographic findings

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-252

  Key, Ng Kin ^a   Araújo Neto, César Augusto ^a   Nascimento Carvalho, Cristiana Maria ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pneumonia location; Pulmonary infiltrate; Severity predictor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 66749121925     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20988     Document Type: Article

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