Rocket science and the infectious diseases society of America/ American thoracic society (IDSA/ATS) guidelines for severe community- acquired pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1796-

  Charles, Patrick G P ^a,b   Davis, Joshua S ^d,e   Grayson, M Lindsay ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66949173747     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599227     Document Type: Letter

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