Prognostic value of severity indicators of nursing-home-acquired pneumonia versus community-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients

BACKGROUND: The credibility of prognostic indicators in nursing-home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) is not clear. We previously reported a simple prognostic indicator in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP): blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin (B/A) ratio. This retrospective study investigated the prognos...

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Autores principales: Ugajin, Motoi, Yamaki, Kenichi, Hirasawa, Natsuko, Kobayashi, Takanori, Yagi, Takeo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3929165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24611004
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S58682

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