Decisions about discharge of patients with community-acquired pneumonia from the emergency department

Rodolfo Ferrari (Cesena, Italy), Rodolfo Ferrari, Pierluigi Viale, Sara Tedeschi, Daniela Agostinelli, Fabio Tumietto, Mario Cavazza

Source: International Congress 2015 – CAP: prognostic factors in frail patients
Session: CAP: prognostic factors in frail patients
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2568
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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