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Pneumonia and Lower Respiratory Infections in Nursing Home Residents: Predictors of Hospitalization and Mortality

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To compare predictors of hospitalization and death in nursing home residents with pneumonia and other lower respiratory infections (LRIs). DESIGN: A nested cohort study.

Authors

Carusone SBC; Walter SD; Brazil K; Loeb MB

Journal

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 414–419

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

March 2007

DOI

10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01070.x

ISSN

0002-8614