Poor clinical outcomes among pneumonia patients with depressive disorder.

Some studies suggested that psychological stress may be associated with the severity and duration of infectious diseases. In this population-based study, we investigated associations between depressive disorder (DD) and pneumonia outcomes in Taiwan with a large-scale database from the National Healt...

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Main Authors: Li-Ting Kao, Shih-Ping Liu, Herng-Ching Lin, Hsin-Chien Lee, Ming-Chieh Tsai, Shiu-Dong Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4281227?pdf=render