Why do nonsurvivors from community-acquired pneumonia not receive ventilatory support?

Lung

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 417-424

  Bauer, Torsten T ^a   Welte, Tobias ^b   Strauss, Richard ^c   Bischoff, Helge ^d   Richter, Klaus ^e   Ewig, Santiago ^f  

^a HELIOS KLINIKUM EMIL VON BEHRING   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e AQUA   (Germany)

^f Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Mortality; Noninvasive ventilation; Outcome; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVIVAL PREDICTION;

EID: 84880797984     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: 14321750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-013-9467-3     Document Type: Article

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