Performance of Scoring Systems in Predicting Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A 14-Year Hospital-Based Study

Performance of Scoring Systems in Predicting Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A 14-Year Hospital-Based Study

Background: Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare but severe necrotizing infection causing there to be gas in the pelvicalyceal system, renal parenchyma, and perirenal or pararenal space. Physicians should attend to EPN because of its life-threatening septic complications. The overall mortali...

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Main Authors: Chun-Cheng Chen, Ming-Shun Hsieh, Sung-Yuan Hu, Shih-Che Huang, Che-An Tsai, Yi-Chun Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN)
Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score
National Early Warning Score (NEWS)
Rapid Emergency Medicine Score (REMS)
scoring systems
receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC)
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