Another brick in the wall: adrenomedullin and prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia
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Another brick in the wall: adrenomedullin and prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia.
C ommunity-acquired pneumonia (CAP) continues to be a major healthcare problem. The associated mortality of 14% in hospitalised patients is still high [1]. Established clinical scores, such as the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) and CRB-65 score (confusion, respiratory frequency o30 breaths?min, systolic blood pressure ,90 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure f60 mmHg, and age o65 yrs) are used for ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0903-1936,1399-3003
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00179911