Absence of gender-based differences in outcome of patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1069-1075

  Caceres, Fernando ^a   Welch, Verna L ^b   Kett, Daniel H ^a   Scerpella, Ernesto G ^b   Peyrani, Paula ^c   Ford, Kimbal D ^b   Ramirez, Julio A ^c  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888879974     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2013.4434     Document Type: Conference Paper

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