Validation of the Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society criteria to predict severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 968-974

  Kontou, Paschalina ^a,b   Kuti, Joseph L ^b   Nicolau, David P ^b  

^a G Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYPNEA; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349168472     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.07.037     Document Type: Article

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