Obesity and outcomes in patients hospitalized with pneumonia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 709-716

  Kahlon, S ^a   Eurich, D T ^a   Padwal, R S ^a   Malhotra, A ^b   Minhas Sandhu, J K ^a   Marrie, T J ^c   Majumdar, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Community acquired pneumonia; Mortality; Obesity; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84880513327     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.04003.x     Document Type: Article

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