Community-acquired pneumonia in an intensive care unit;Pneumonia adquirida na comunidade numa unidade de cuidados intensivos

Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-235

  Marques, M Raquel ^a   Nunes, António ^a   Sousa, Cristina ^a   Moura, Fausto ^a   Gouveia, João ^a   Ramos, Armindo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PULIDO VALENTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Critical care; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VENTILATOR; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955971207     PISSN: 08732159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0873-2159(15)30023-4     Document Type: Article

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