Predicting mortality with severity assessment tools in out-patients with community-acquired pneumonia

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 871-879

  Akram, Ahsan R ^a   Chalmers, J D ^a   Hill, A T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CRB65 SCORE; CURB65 SCORE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 80053165704     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr088     Document Type: Article

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