Relationships among initial hospital triage, disease progression and mortality in community-acquired pneumonia

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1207-1213

  Brown, Samuel M ^a,b   Jones, Jason P ^c   Aronsky, Dominik ^d   Jones, Barbara E ^a   Lanspa, Michael J ^a,b   Dean, Nathan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Research Division   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

intensive care; outcome assessment; pneumonia; respiratory tract infection; triage

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WARD;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 84867972585     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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