Hypoxemia adds to the CURB-65 pneumonia severity score in hospitalized patients with mild pneumonia

Respiratory Care

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 612-618

  Sanz, Francisco ^a   Restrepo, Marcos I ^b   Fernández, Estrella ^c,d   Mortensen, Eric M ^c   Aguar, María Carmen ^e   Cervera, Ángela ^d   Chiner, Eusebi ^f   Blanquer, Jose ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset de Valencia   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^f Hospital Universitari Sant Joan   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

CURB 65; Hypoxemia; Outcomes; Oxygenation; Pneumonia; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CONFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79957479440     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.00853     Document Type: Article

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