Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9097711 | Journal of Critical Care | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Community-acquired pneumonia needing mechanical ventilation is not a disease associated with higher mortality. The main determinants of patient outcome were initial severity of illness and the development of shock and/or acute renal failure.
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Authors
Eva MD, Fernando MD, Marcos I. MD, Antonio MD, Fernando MD, Marco MD, Carlos MD, Fekri MD, Dimitros MD, Guillermo MD, Andrés MD, PhD, for the International Mechanical Ventilation Study Group for the International Mechanical Ventilation Study Group,