Diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of clinical and laboratory parameters in community-acquired pneumonia
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Diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of clinical and laboratory parameters in community-acquired pneumonia
BACKGROUND Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most frequent infection-related cause of death. The reference standard to diagnose CAP is a new infiltrate on chest radiograph in the presence of recently acquired respiratory signs and symptoms. This study aims to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic accuracy of clinical signs and symptoms and laboratory biomarkers for CAP. METHODS 545 p...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-10