Severe community-acquired pneumonia: Characteristics and prognostic factors in ventilated and non-ventilated patients.
Miquel FerrerChiara TraviersoCatia CillonizAlbert GabarrusOtavio T RanzaniEva PolverinoAdamantia LiapikouFrancesco BlasiAntoni TorresPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Invasive mechanical ventilation independently predicted 30-day mortality in patients with SCAP. Patients invasively ventilated should be considered a different population with higher mortality for future clinical trials on new interventions addressed to improve mortality of SCAP.
Keyphrases
- prognostic factors
- intensive care unit
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- mechanical ventilation
- end stage renal disease
- clinical trial
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- cardiovascular events
- community acquired pneumonia
- risk factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- physical activity
- randomized controlled trial
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- early onset
- phase iii
- placebo controlled