Application and comparison of scoring indices to predict outcomes in patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fang, Wen Feng ^a,b,i   Yang, Kuang Yao ^c   Wu, Chieh Liang ^d   Yu, Chong Jen ^e   Chen, Chang Wen ^f   Tu, Chih Yen ^g   Lin, Meng Chih ^a,b,h  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h XIAMEN CHANG GUNG HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁱ NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PH; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651485200     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc9979     Document Type: Article

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