Pneumonia severity index class V patients with community-acquired pneumonia: Characteristics, outcomes, and value of severity scores

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 515-522

  Valencia, Mauricio ^a   Badia, Joan R ^a   Cavalcanti, Manuela ^a   Ferrer, Miquel ^a   Agustí, Carles ^a   Angrill, Joaquin ^a   García, Elisa ^a   Mensa, Josep ^a   Niederman, Michael S ^b   Torres, Antoni ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Critical care; Decision making; Infection; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WARD;

EID: 34548048148     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0306     Document Type: Article

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