Community-Acquired Pneumonia: a Comparison between elderly and nonelderly patients

Background: Community-acquired pneumonia could be a life-threatening condition especially in elderly patients. The factors influencing the outcome in elderly patients are thought to be different from those in young adults. We compared the clinical and paraclinical profiles in elderly and nonelderly...

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Main Authors: S. Jafari, F. Soltanpour, A. Soudbakhsh, E. Safavi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2006-08-01
Series:Tehran University Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/3084.pdf&manuscript_id=3084