Clinical characteristics of healthcare-associated pneumonia in a public hospital in a metropolitan area of Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-360

  Sugisaki, Midori ^a   Enomoto, Tatsuji ^a   Shibuya, Yasuhiro ^a   Matsumoto, Aki ^a   Saitoh, Hitoshi ^a   Shingu, Akiko ^a   Narato, Ritsuko ^a   Nomura, Koichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Healthcare associated; Mortality; Nutrition; Pneumonia; Severity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84863309254     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-011-0344-9     Document Type: Article

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