Pneumonia in the elderly. Factors related with the mortality during the episode and after the discharge;Neumonía en el anciano. Factores relacionados con la mortalidad durante el episodio y tras el alta hospitalaria

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 332-336

  Mendoza Ruiz De Zuazu, Humberto ^a   Tiberio López, Gregorio ^b   Aizpuru Barandiaran, Felipe ^a   Viñez Irujo, Olga ^c   Anderiz López, Miguel ^b  

^a HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambulatory survival; Elderly; Pneumonia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; HEMOGLOBIN; MACROLIDE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 6944251931     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13066247     Document Type: Article

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