The usefulness of confusion, urea, respiratory rate, and shock index or adjusted shock index criteria in predicting combined mortality and/or ICU admission compared to curb-65 in community-acquired pneumonia

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Curtain, James P ^a,b   Sankaran, Prasanna ^c,d   Kamath, Ajay V ^c   Myint, Phyo K ^e  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Section of Translational Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SURVIVOR; TEMPERATURE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA;

EID: 84884260160     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/590407     Document Type: Article

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