Comparing the pneumonia severity index with CURB-65 in patients admitted with community acquired pneumonia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-300

  Ananda Rajah, Michelle R ^a   Charles, Patrick G P ^a,b   Melvani, Sharmila ^a   Burrell, Laurelle L ^a   Johnson, Paul D R ^a,b   Grayson, M Lindsay ^a,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41349087524     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701663381     Document Type: Review

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