Population-based cohort study of outpatients with pneumonia: Rationale, design and baseline characteristics

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Eurich, Dean T ^a   Majumdar, Sumit R ^a   Marrie, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT PLANNING; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862245511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-135     Document Type: Article

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