Publisher's Synopsis
Community-acquired pneumonia is an illness with great diversity. This book offers a comprehensive look at the illness. Articles include: community-acquired pneumonia practice guidelines; management of community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency room; tuberculosis; multicenter, multinational observational studies; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; hendra and nipah viruses; utility of administrative data; measuring quality of care; and the effect of malnutrition on risk and outcome.
