Guidelines for the Initial Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Savory Recipe or Cookbook for Disaster?
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicinePublished 1 October 1995
Alan M. Fein, Michael S. Niederman
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"Guidelines for the initial management of community-acquired pneumonia: savory recipe or cookbook for disaster?." American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 152(4), pp. 1149–1153
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