Does the management and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia differ depending on the route of admission to hospital?

T. Bewick, W. S. Lim (Nottingham, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Treatment and prevention of lower respiratory tract infections
Session: Treatment and prevention of lower respiratory tract infections
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2423
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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