The Pneumonia Severity Index as a Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the pneumonia severity index (PSI) can predict in-hospital mortality for AECOPD patients and compare its usefulness with the CURB65 and BAP65 indexes to predict mortality. METHODS: Demographics, clinical signs and symptoms, comorbidities, and laboratory and radiograph...

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Autores principales: Hu, Guoping, Zhou, Yumin, Wu, Yankui, Yu, Yan, Liang, Weiqiang, Ran, Pixin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4506124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26186637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133160

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