The role of pneumonia scores in the emergency room in patients infected by 2009 H1N1 infection

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-202

  Brandão Neto, Rodrigo Antonio ^a   Goulart, Alessandra Carvalho ^a,b   Santana, Alfredo Nicodemos Cruz ^a,c   Martins, Herlon Saraiva ^a   Ribeiro, Sabrina Correa Costa ^a   Ho, Li Y ^a   Chiamolera, Murilo ^a   Magri, Marcelo M C ^a   Scalabrini Neto, Augusto ^a,b   Velasco, Irineu Tadeu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Universitario   (Brazil)

^c Thoracic Unit   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Influenza A; Pneumonia; Scores

Indexed keywords

2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAZIL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURB 65 SCORE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SMART COP SCORE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860747360     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328349ed85     Document Type: Article

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