The CURB (confusion, urea, respiratory rate and blood pressure) criteria in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalised elderly patients aged 65 years and over: A prospective observational cohort study [2]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-77

  Myint, P K ^a   Kamath, A V ^a   Vowler, S L ^b   Maisey, D N ^a   Harrison, B D W ^a  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFUSION; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UREA;

EID: 12144255007     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh234     Document Type: Letter

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