Validity of severity scores in hospitalized patients with nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1371-1376

  El Solh, Ali A ^a   Alhajhusain, Ahmad ^a   Abou Jaoude, Philippe ^a   Drinka, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VALIDITY;

EID: 78349252786     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0494     Document Type: Article

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