Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical Australia: Does the SMART-COP score apply?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-136

  Davis, Joshua S ^a,b   Cross, Gail B ^b   Charles, Patrick G P ^c,d   Currie, Bart J ^a,b   Anstey, Nicholas M ^a,b   Cheng, Allen C ^a,e,f  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STRATIFICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

EID: 77952341152     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03450.x     Document Type: Article

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