Usefulness of shock index and adjusted shock index in the severity assessment of community-acquired pneumonia

Respiration

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-469

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,b   Bhaniani, Amit ^c   Bradshaw, Simon M ^e   Alobeidi, Farah ^d   Tariq, Syed M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649933244     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000205821     Document Type: Letter

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