Predicting CAP-related mortality with CRB-65
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Predicting CAP-related mortality with CRB-65.
Predicting CAP-related mortality with CRB-65 Ewig et al are to be commended for their very large study of 388 406 patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in German hospitals from 2005 to 2006. Using the CRB-65 tool (confusion, respiratory rate $30 min, low blood pressure (either systolic <90 mm Hg or diastolic #60 mm Hg) and age $65 years), the authors found 30-day mortality r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.133884