High heterogeneity in community-acquired pneumonia inclusion criteria: does this impact on the validity of the results of randomized controlled trials?

BACKGROUND: There is no consensus on the most accurate combination of diagnostic criteria to define community acquired pneumonia (CAP). We describe inclusion criteria in randomized controlled trials (RCT) of CAP and assess their performance for the diagnosis of formally identified CAP. METHODS: RCTs...

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Autores principales: Flateau, Clara, Le Bel, Josselin, Tubiana, Sarah, Blanc, François-Xavier, Choquet, Christophe, Rammaert, Blandine, Ray, Patrick, Rapp, Christophe, Ficko, Cécile, Leport, Catherine, Claessens, Yann-Erick, Duval, Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6276130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30509278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3515-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6276130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30509278
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3515-9

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