Risk of pneumonia among patients with splenectomy: a retrospective population-based cohort study

Lai, SW; Lin, CL; Liao, KF

Liao, KF (reprint author), Taichung Tzu Chi Gen Hosp, Dept Internal Med, 66,Sec 1,Fongsing Rd, Taichung 427, Taiwan.

ANNALS OF SAUDI MEDICINE, 2017; 37 (5): 351

Abstract

BACKGROUND: People without a spleen are particularly susceptible to various overwhelming infections including pneumonia. Although the association betw......

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