C-reactive protein as a prognostic factor in elderly patients with aspiration pneumonia

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Komiya, Kosaku ^a,b   Kadota, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tenshindo Hetsugi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration; C reactive protein; Elderly; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS;

ASPIRATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELDERLY; PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84889638839     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.06.009     Document Type: Letter

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