Routine Use of the Pneumonia Severity Index for Guiding the Site‐of‐Treatment Decision of Patients with Pneumonia in the Emergency Department: A Multicenter, Prospective, Observational, Controlled Cohort Study
Open Access
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 44 (1), 41-49
- https://doi.org/10.1086/509331
Abstract
Background. Although the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) has been extensively validated, little is known of the impact of its routine use as an aid toKeywords
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