Association between time to clinical stability and outcomes after discharge in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia

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Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 482-488

  Aliberti, Stefano ^a   Peyrani, Paula ^b   Filardo, Giovanni ^c   Mirsaeidi, Mehdi ^b   Amir, Asad ^b   Blasi, Francesco ^a   Ramirez, Julio A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c BAYLOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME TO CLINICAL STABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051515101     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-2895     Document Type: Article

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