Validation of the infectious diseases society of America/American Thoratic Society Minor Criteria for Intensive Care Unit Admission in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Patients Without Major Criteria or Contraindications to Intensive Care Unit Care

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 503-511

  Chalmers, James D ^a   Taylor, Joanne K ^a   Mandal, Pallavi ^a   Choudhury, Gourab ^b   Singanayagam, Aran ^c   Akram, Ahsan R ^b   Hill, Adam T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SCOTLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80052233314     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir463     Document Type: Article

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