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Predicting pneumonia mortality using CURB-65, PSI, and patient characteristics in patients presenting to the emergency department of a comprehensive cancer center

The prognostic accuracy of the CURB-65 criteria and pneumonia severity index (PSI) in immunocompromised cancer patients with pneumonia is unknown. We sought to determine whether CURB-65 and PSI predict 28-day mortality in cancer patients with pneumonia, and identify other factors that predispose can...

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Autores principales: Gonzalez, Carmen, Johnson, Tami, Rolston, Kenneth, Merriman, Kelly, Warneke, Carla, Evans, Scott
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4303164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24802800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cam4.240