The management of community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 312-319

  Faverio, Paola ^a,b   Aliberti, Stefano ^a   Bellelli, Giuseppe ^a   Suigo, Giulia ^a   Lonni, Sara ^a   Pesci, Alberto ^a   Restrepo, Marcos I ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Veterans Evidence Based Research Dissemination and Implementation Center (VERDICT)   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory failure; Antibiotic treatment; Community acquired pneumonia; Elderly; Functional status; Severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION STUDY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEARNING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; AGE; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; DELIRIUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DELIRIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEPSIS;

EID: 84899982068     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.12.001     Document Type: Review

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