Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Severe community-acquired pneumonia necessitating intensive care unit admission is associated with high morbidity, mortality, and health-care cost. This review article serves to summarize the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of this common life-threatening condition. Current practic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Sligl, Wendy I., Marrie, Thomas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23830654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccc.2013.03.009
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Sumario:Severe community-acquired pneumonia necessitating intensive care unit admission is associated with high morbidity, mortality, and health-care cost. This review article serves to summarize the epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of this common life-threatening condition. Current practice guidelines as well as the role of several scoring systems (such as the PSI, CURB-65, and IDSA/ATS criteria) used to predict CAP severity, prognosis, and site of care are reviewed. In addition, common complications and prevention strategies are discussed.

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