Prediction of pneumonia hospitalization in adults using health checkup data.

Community-acquired pneumonia is a common cause of hospitalization, and pneumococcal vaccinations are recommended for high-risk individuals. Although risk factors for pneumonia have been identified, there are currently no pneumonia hospitalization prediction models based on the risk profiles of healt...

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Main Authors: Hironori Uematsu, Kazuto Yamashita, Susumu Kunisawa, Tetsuya Otsubo, Yuichi Imanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5491140?pdf=render