Clinical value of chest computerized tomography scans in patients admitted with pneumonia

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 447-450

  Garg, Deepak ^a   Johnson, Leonard B ^b   Szpunar, Susan ^b   Fishbain, Joel T ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY HOMER STRYKER MD SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARDS; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84903760999     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2190     Document Type: Article

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