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Determinants for hospitalization in " low-risk" community acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: A variable decision in managing community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the initial site of care; in-patient versus outpatient. These variations persist despite comprehensive practice guidelines. Patients with a Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) score lower than seventy have low risk for comp...

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Autores principales: Aliyu, Zakari Y, Aliyu, Muktar H, McCormick, Ken
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC165606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12809564
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-3-11