The impact of an early chest radiograph on outcome in patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 563-567

  Bewick, Thomas ^a   Greenwood, Sonia ^a,b   Lim, Wei Shen ^a  

^a Respiratory Infections Group   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chest X rays; Pneumonia; Process of care; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650349217     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: 14734893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.10-6-563     Document Type: Article

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