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Comparison of 3 Strategies To Improve the Care of Patients with Pneumonia Treated in the Emergency Department
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What is the problem and what is known about it so far?
Pneumonia is a lung infection. Most patients get better with antibiotics, but some develop serious complications or die. Factors that increase the chance of dying of pneumonia include older age, living in a nursing home, having other illnesses (especially cancer), …
