Outcomes in females hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia are worse than in males

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1135-1140

  Arnold, Forest W ^a   Wiemken, Timothy L ^a,b   Peyrani, Paula ^a   Mirsaeidi, Mehdi ^a   Ramirez, Julio A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Female sex; Length of stay; Mortality; Outcomes; Quality measures

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYPNEA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE SEX; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES; QUALITY MEASURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877097080     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00046212     Document Type: Article

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