Context. —Pneumonia is a frequent cause of hospitalization and death among elderly
patients, but the relationships between processes of care for pneumonia and outcomes are …

Astrocytes regulate the response of the central nervous system to disease and injury and
have been hypothesized to actively kill neurons in neurodegenerative disease 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 – …

Background Severe sepsis is common and frequently fatal, and community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP) is the leading cause. Although severe sepsis is often attributed to uncontrolled …

This article explores differences between male and female writing in a large subset of the
British National Corpus covering a range of genres. Several classes of simple lexical and …

Background Although medical practice guidelines exist, there have been no large-scale
studies assessing the relationship between initial antimicrobial therapy and medical outcomes …

PURPOSE: We assessed the performance of 3 validated prognostic rules in predicting 30-day
mortality in community-acquired pneumonia: the 20 variable Pneumonia Severity Index …

Background The effect of procalcitonin-guided use of antibiotics on treatment for suspected
lower respiratory tract infection is unclear. Methods In 14 US hospitals with high adherence …

Rationale: Survivors of hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are at
increased risk of cardiovascular events, repeat infections, and death in the following months but …

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have investigated the reading of English
texts in the subject disciplines from the viewpoints of the native-English-speaking professor …

Background: Despite the development of evidence-based pneumonia guidelines, limited
data exist on the most effective means to implement guideline recommendations into clinical …