3-day mortality in hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia: Frequency and risk factors

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1572-1574

  Kolditz, Martin ^a   Bauer, Torsten T ^b   König, Thomas ^c   Rohde, Gernot ^d,e,f   Ewig, Santiago ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM EMIL VON BEHRING   (Germany)

^c AQUA   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e CAPNETZ STIFTUNG   (Germany)

^f Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH)   (Germany)

^g Augusta Kranken Anstalt   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA;

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84969801293     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00113-2016     Document Type: Letter

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