Towards a sensible comprehension of severe community-acquired pneumonia

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 214-223

  Ewig, Santiago ^a   Woodhead, Mark ^b   Torres, Antoni ^c  

^a Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79953813064     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-2077-0     Document Type: Review

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