Intensive care unit admissions for community-acquired pneumonia are seasonal but are not associated with weather or reports of influenza-like illness in the community

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-233

  Dodek, Peter M ^a   Norena, Monica ^a   Keenan, Sean P ^a   Teja, Aleem ^a   Wong, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Intensive care; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WINTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 79956368559     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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