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Community-acquired pneumonia: comparison of three mortality prediction scores in the emergency department.

Carolina HincapiéJohana AscuntarAlba LeónFabián Jaimes
Published in: Colombia medica (Cali, Colombia) (2021)
None of these scores proved to be an appropriate predictor for mortality and admission to the ICU. Furthermore, the CRB 65 exhibited the lowest discriminative ability.
Keyphrases
  • emergency department
  • community acquired pneumonia
  • cardiovascular events
  • intensive care unit
  • risk factors
  • type diabetes
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • clinical evaluation