Scenario 2: community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization but not requiring admission to an intensive care unit.
The patient is a 65-year-old woman with community-acquired pneumonia of sufficient severity to require hospitalization. Factors important for consideration in clinical trials are illustrated.
Wunderink
Richard G
RG
Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA. r-wunderink@northwestern.edu
D000368:Aged; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy*