A validation and potential modification of the Pneumonia Severity Index in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1212-1219

  Naito, Tateaki ^a   Suda, Takafumi ^a,c   Yasuda, Kazumasa ^b   Yamada, Takashi ^b   Todate, Akihito ^b   Tsuchiya, Tomoyoshi ^a   Sato, Jun ^a   Chida, Kingo ^a   Nakamura, Hirotoshi ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Iwata City Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Elderly patients; Performance status; Pneumonia Severity Index

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33746727661     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00825.x     Document Type: Review

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