| Severity assessment in community-acquired pneumonia: a review. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 19299247 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Severity assessment is an important early step in the management of patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia. Various pneumonia-specific scores, generic sepsis scores and predictive biomarkers have been proposed as tools to aid clinicians in key management decisions. However, there is no uniform agreement about the optimum severity assessment tool to use. This review provides a summary of current evidence surrounding severity assessment in adult patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia. |
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Authors:
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A Singanayagam; J D Chalmers; A T Hill |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2009-03-18 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians Volume: 102 ISSN: 1460-2393 ISO Abbreviation: QJM Publication Date: 2009 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-05-27 Completed Date: 2009-11-09 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9438285 Medline TA: QJM Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 379-88 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. aransinga@gmail.com |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Area Under Curve Biological Markers Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis, mortality Humans Middle Aged Pneumonia / diagnosis*, mortality Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index* |
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