Effect of adherence to guidelines on mortality, length of stay and critical care admission in community-acquired pneumonia

Ian Webster (Lancashire, United Kingdom), Olivia George, Ian Webster

Source: International Congress 2016 – Community-acquired pneumonia: risk classes and management issues
Session: Community-acquired pneumonia: risk classes and management issues
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 2580
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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