Evaulation of PSİ and CURB-65 scoring systems which patients were diagnosed as community-acquired pneumonia in emergency department
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CURB-65 and other markers of illness severity in community-acquired pneumonia among HIV-positive patients.
As the relative burden of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia among HIV-positive patients increases, adequate prediction of case severity on presentation is crucial. We sought to determine what characteristics measurable on presentation are predictive of worse outcomes. We studied all admissions for community-acquired bacterial pneumonia over one year at a tertiary centre. Patient demographi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cumhuriyet Medical Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1305-0028
DOI: 10.7197/223.v39i31705.347458