Low T3 syndrome is a strong predictor of poor outcomes in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Jinliang ^a   Wu, Xuejie ^a   Lu, Fang ^b   Zhao, Lifang ^a   Shi, Lingxian ^a   Xu, Feng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Quzhou People's Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EUTHYROID SICK SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959547566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep22271     Document Type: Article

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