Conundrums in community-acquired pneumonia

Montalto, Michael

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb00822.x

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To the Editor: A seminal 1997 article by Fine et al described the pneumonia severity score from the Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team study and raised the role for Hospital in the Home (HIH):

Hospital in the Home Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: michael.montalto@mh.org.au

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