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Studying the burden of community-acquired pneumonia in adults aged ⩾50 years in primary health care: an observational study in rural Crete, Greece

BACKGROUND: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a potentially life-threatening condition that often requires hospitalisation particularly in the elderly population or in patients with comorbidities. AIMS: The aims of this study were to estimate the CAP frequency and severity in a well-defined prim...

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Autores principales: Bertsias, Antonios, Tsiligianni, Ioanna G, Duijker, George, Siafakas, Nikolaos, Lionis, Christos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4373318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24965889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjpcrm.2014.17