Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: Etiology, clinical aspects and prognostic factors;La polmonite acquisita in comunità nell'anziano: Eziologia, aspetti clinici e fattori prognostici

Minerva Pneumologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 99-106

  Putinati, S ^a,b   Ballerin, L ^a   Piattella, M ^a   Ritrovato, L ^a   Zabini, F ^a   Potena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Community acquired pneumonia, diagnosis; Community acquired pneumonia, etiology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURAL PAIN; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 7644242955     PISSN: 00264954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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