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The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for outcome prediction in emergency department patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from a 6-year prospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the accuracy of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to predict mortality and adverse clinical outcomes for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) compared to standard risk scores such as the pneumonia severity index (PSI) and CURB-65. DESIGN: Secondary analysi...

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Autores principales: Sbiti-Rohr, Diana, Kutz, Alexander, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, Thomann, Robert, Zimmerli, Werner, Hoess, Claus, Henzen, Christoph, Mueller, Beat, Schuetz, Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27683509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-011021