Open AccessAdmission is not Always Necessary for Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Risk Classes IV and V Diagnosed in the Emergency Room
Author(s) -
TJ Marrie,
JQ Huang
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2007/451417
Subject(s) - medicine , chest radiograph , pneumonia , emergency department , observational study , community acquired pneumonia , ambulatory , white blood cell , emergency medicine , chest pain , altered mental status , prospective cohort study , pediatrics , lung , psychiatry
To determine the factors that allow patients with community-acquired pneumonia who are at high risk of mortality (risk classes IV and V) to be treated at home.
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