Pneumonia severity index compared to CURB-65 in predicting the outcome of community acquired pneumonia among patients referred to an Iranian emergency

Pneumonia severity index compared to CURB-65 in predicting the outcome of community acquired pneumonia among patients referred to an Iranian emergency

OBJECTIVE: To compare the prognostic value of the pneumonia severity index and the severity score for community-acquired pneumonia (CURB-65) in predicting mortality and the need for ICU admission of patients with community-acquired pneumonia referred to our emergency department. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

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Main Authors: Mostafa Alavi-Moghaddam, Hooman Bakhshi, Bareza Rezaei, Patricia Khashayar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
CURB-65
PSI
Community-acquired pneumonia
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000200011&lng=en&tlng=en

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