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Implementing the severe community-acquired pneumonia guidelines in low- and middle-income countries

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JIFS is supported in part by individual research grants from CNPq and FAPERJ.

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  1. Department of Critical Care and Postgraduate Program in Translational Medicine, D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rua Diniz Cordeiro, 30 – 3º andar, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22281-100, Brazil

    Jorge I. F. Salluh

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Clínica Médica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jorge I. F. Salluh

  3. MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation, Oslo, Norway

    Leticia Kawano-Dourado

  4. Hcor Research Institute, Hcor Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Leticia Kawano-Dourado

  5. Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Leticia Kawano-Dourado

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Salluh, J.I.F., Kawano-Dourado, L. Implementing the severe community-acquired pneumonia guidelines in low- and middle-income countries. Intensive Care Med 49, 1392–1396 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-023-07220-7

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