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What is the typical stay in the hospital for a stage 4 cancer patient with pneumonia? iv antibiotics. no complications to severe complications.
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Widely variable: Pneumonia comes in many shapes and sizes, and how an individual responds to pneumonia is widely variable. Adding in advanced cancer usually makes everything more complex. A hospital stay could vary from 1 day for a milder case to weeks for the most severe cases.
Answered 1/3/2016
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