Association of hypercapnia on admission with increased length of hospital stay and severity in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective observational study from Pakistan

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the presence of hypercapnia on admission in adult patients admitted to a university-based hospital in Karachi, Pakistan with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) correlates with an increased length of hospital stay and severity compared with no hypercapnia on admission....

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Autores principales: Iqbal, Nousheen, Irfan, Muhammad, Zubairi, Ali Bin Sarwar, Awan, Safia, Khan, Javaid A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
Materias:
Infectious Diseases
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28619767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013924

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28619767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013924

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