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Pan can stage 4. in the hospital with serious pneumonia for over 2 weeks so far. what is the patients prognosis if they make it out of the hospital?

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Dr. Nicholas Mexas answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Same: If they have fully recovered they would gave the same prognosis as before the hospitalization.

Answered 10/4/2016

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