The prognostic significance of respiratory rate in patients with pneumonia: A retrospective analysis of data from 705 928 hospitalized patients in Germany from 2010-2012;Prognostische Bedeutung der Atemfrequenz bei Pneumonie-Patienten: Retrospektive Analyse der Jahre 2010 bis 2012 von 705 928 Patientendaten aus deutschen Krankenhäusern

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 111, Issue 29-30, 2014, Pages 503-508

  Strauß, Richard ^a   Ewig, Santiago ^b   Richter, Klaus ^c   König, Thomas ^c   Heller, Günther ^c   Bauer, Torsten T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

^c AQUA Institut fur Angewandte Qualitatsforderung und Forschung im Gesundheitswesen GmbH   (Germany)

^d HELIOS KLINIKUM EMIL VON BEHRING   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84905975901     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2014.0503     Document Type: Article

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