The effect of comorbidities for the prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia: an epidemiologic study using a hospital surveillance in Japan
Abstract Objective Pneumonia is a common but serious illness that continues to present significant morbidity and mortality. Although the effect of severity at admission on outcome has been well reported, the role of comorbidity is still not widely understood. The Charlson Comorbidity Index measures...
Main Authors: | Mai Thi Ngoc Nguyen, Nobuyuki Saito, Yukiko Wagatsuma |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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Series: | BMC Research Notes |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4848-1 |
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