Sequence patterns in the resolution of clinical instabilities in community-acquired pneumonia and association with outcomes

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 563-571

  Hougham, Gavin W ^a,b   Ham, Sandra A ^b   Ruhnke, Gregory W ^a   Schulwolf, Elizabeth ^c   Auerbach, Andrew D ^d   Schnipper, Jeffrey L ^e   Kaboli, Peter J ^f   Wetterneck, Tosha B ^g   Gonzalez, David ^h   Arora, Vineet M ⁱ   Meltzer, David O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

community acquired pneumonia; hospital discharge; hospitalization; process of care; social sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897415591     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2626-7     Document Type: Article

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