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Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Patrick G P Charles, Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Paul D R Johnson and M Lindsay Grayson
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06417.x
Published online: 1 November 2004

Patrick G P Charles,* Michelle Ananda-Rajah,† Paul D R Johnson,‡ M Lindsay Grayson§


  • Infectious Diseases, Austin Health, PO Box 5555, Heidelberg, VIC 3084.



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