Prediction of Mortality in Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients

Abstract Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is common and associated with a significant mortality. Currently recommended criteria to assess severity of CAP could be improved. Methods We derived 2 new criteria CARSI [confusion, age (

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Published in:The American journal of the medical sciences 2011-12, Vol.342 (6), p.489-493
Main Authors: Musonda, Patrick, PhD, Sankaran, Prasanna, MRCP, Myint, Phyo K., MD, Kamath, Ajay V., FRCP, Subramanian, Deepak N., MBBS, Smith, Alexandra C., MBBS, Prentice, Philippa, MBBS, Tariq, Syed M., FRCP
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adjusted shock index (ASI)
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Blood Pressure
Body Temperature
Cohort Studies
Community-Acquired Infections - diagnosis
Community-Acquired Infections - mortality
Community-acquired pneumonia
CURB-65
England
Epidemiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
General aspects
Hospitalization
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pneumonia - diagnosis
Pneumonia - mortality
Pneumonia severity index (PSI)
Predictive Value of Tests
Prospective Studies
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk Assessment - methods
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Shock - diagnosis
Shock index (SI)
Statistics, Nonparametric
Young Adult
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Summary:Abstract Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is common and associated with a significant mortality. Currently recommended criteria to assess severity of CAP could be improved. Methods We derived 2 new criteria CARSI [confusion, age (
ISSN:0002-9629
1538-2990
DOI:10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31822cb95f