Metabolic profiles in community-acquired pneumonia: developing assessment tools for disease severity

Abstract Background This study aimed to determine whether community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) had a metabolic profile and whether this profile can be used for disease severity assessment. Methods A total of 175 individuals including 119 CAP patients and 56 controls were enrolled and divided into two...

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Main Authors: Pu Ning, Yali Zheng, Qiongzhen Luo, Xiaohui Liu, Yu Kang, Yan Zhang, Rongbao Zhang, Yu Xu, Donghong Yang, Wen Xi, Keqiang Wang, Yusheng Chen, Shuchang An, Zhancheng Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-018-2049-2