Patients with community acquired pneumonia discharged from the emergency department according to a clinical practice guideline

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 667-669

  Campbell, Samuel G ^a,b   Patrick, W ^a   Urquhart, D G ^a   Maxwell, D M ^a   Ackroyd Stolarz, S A ^a   Murray, D D ^a   Hawass, A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8644277080     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.011833     Document Type: Article

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