Pneumonia: There Are Ways To Avoid It! So Concludes A Major Multicentre Study Conducted In Spain

Community-acquired pneumonia - in other words, pneumonia caught outside hospital - can be prevented, according to a Spanish report to be published in the forthcoming issue of the ERJ, the peer-reviewed scientific publication of the European Respiratory Society (ERS). By comparing over 1,300 patients with control subjects, the Spanish team identified both risk factors to be avoided and potentially protective elements.

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Filed under: Respiratory on June 1st, 2008