Predicting mortality in patients with community-acquired pneumonia and low CURB-65 scores
β Scribed by D. Ronan; D. Nathwani; P. Davey; G. Barlow
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0934-9723
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