Determining need for hospitalisation: Evaluation of the utility of the CRB-65 score in patients with community-acquired pneumonia presenting to an emergency department

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 769-772

  Kabundji, D M ^a   Musekiwa, A ^b   Mukansi, M ^a   Feldman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CRB 65 SCORE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84930034731     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8150     Document Type: Article

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