Hospital-acquired pneumonia incidence and diagnosis in older patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 171-174

  Burton, Louise A ^a   Price, Rosemary ^a   Barr, Karen E ^a   Mcauley, Sean M ^a   Allen, Jennifer B ^a   Clinton, Aoibhinn M ^a   Phillips, Gabby ^b   Marwick, Charis A ^a   Mcmurdo, Marion E T ^a   Witham, Miles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Incidence; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; AGE; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84964645630     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afv168     Document Type: Article

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