Scenario 2: community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization but not requiring admission to an intensive care unit

Richard G Wunderink

doi:10.1086/591402

Scenario 2: community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization but not requiring admission to an intensive care unit

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 1:47 Suppl 3:S186-8. doi: 10.1086/591402.

Author

Richard G Wunderink¹

Affiliation

¹ Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. r-wunderink@northwestern.edu

PMID: 18986287
DOI: 10.1086/591402

Abstract

The patient is a 65-year-old woman with community-acquired pneumonia of sufficient severity to require hospitalization. Factors important for consideration in clinical trials are illustrated.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Aged
Clinical Trials as Topic*
Community-Acquired Infections / pathology*
Community-Acquired Infections / therapy*
Female
Hospitalization*
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Pneumonia / pathology*
Pneumonia / therapy*