An Adjudication Protocol for Severe Pneumonia.
Chiagozie O PickensCatherine A GaoJustin BodnerJames M WalterJacqueline M KruserHelen K DonnellyAlvaro DonayreKatie CleppNicole BorkowskiRichard G WunderinkBenjamin D Singernull nullPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2023)
A comprehensive adjudication protocol to identify clinical end points in severe pneumonia resulted in only moderate interobserver agreement. An adjudicated end point of clinical cure by day 7-8 was associated with more favorable hospital discharge dispositions, suggesting that clinical cure by day 7-8 may be a valid end point to use in adjudication protocols.