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Atrial Fibrillation Is an Independent Risk Factor for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Patients who were hospitalized for community-based pneumonia frequently had pre-existing atrial fibrillation (AF) and had subsequent cardiovascular complications. Whether patients who had AF would be susceptible to the development of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a serious concern...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Jinxiu, Zhang, Xin, Shi, Ganggang, Yi, Kaihong, Tan, Xuerui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26204447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131782