Clinical and temporal patterns of severe pneumonia causing critical illness during Hajj

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mandourah, Yasser ^a   Al Radi, Assim ^b   Ocheltree, Ali H ^c   Ocheltree, Sara R ^b   Fowler, Robert A ^d  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NORTH WEST ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

APACHE IV; Co morbidities; Hajj; Pneumonia; Respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RELIGION; SMOKING; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROWDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861014521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-117     Document Type: Article

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