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Eosinopenia and prognosis in severe community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

Pneumonia
Background Eosinopenia has been reported as a marker of severity in infections, but its prognostic value in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) is unclear.
Catia Cilloniz, Tatiana Castañeda, Antonio Campanella, Riccardo Guglielmi, Albert Gabarrús, Sara Granero, Cristina Calvo-García, Maria Angeles Marcos, Antoni Torres   +8 more
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PES Pathogens in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2019
Worldwide, there is growing concern about the burden of pneumonia. Severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is frequently complicated by pulmonary and extra-pulmonary complications, including sepsis, septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome ...
Catia Cillóniz, Cristina Dominedò, Antonello Nicolini, Antoni Torres   +3 more
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Clinical presentations and outcome of severe community-acquired pneumonia

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016
Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) represents a frequent and potentially life-threatening condition. About 10% of all hospitalized patients with CAP require admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and the mortality of these ...
Mousa Elshamly, Mohamed O. Nour, Abdelmaaboud M.M. Omar   +2 more
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Existence and relevance of fulminant severe community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

Pneumonia
Background Severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) is a major contributor to global hospital mortality, with some patients rapidly progressing to death within a few days due to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, or multiorgan ...
Francesco Salton, Jesús Villar, Michele Mondoni, Sergio Harari, Andrea Salotti, Alfonso Ambrós, Francisco Alba, Carlos Ferrando, Tomàs Muñoz, Juan A. Soler, Lina Pérez-Méndez, Cristina Férnandez, Domingo Martinez, Stefano Gasparotto, Stefano Centanni, Umberto Zuccon, Giulia Barbati, Andrea Rocca, Barbara Ruaro, Marco Confalonieri, Paola Confalonieri   +20 more
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A Case of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia Caused by Coinfection of Five Pathogens [PDF]

Infect Drug Resist
Sha Min, Qingqing Lu, Yiling Zhang Department of Pneumology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Yiling Zhang, Zunyi Medical University and Guizhou Provincial People’s Hospital, Zunyi and Guiyang, Guizhou, 563006 ...
Zhang Y, Min S, Lu Q
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Safety of steroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

European Respiratory Review
The systemic use of corticosteroids for patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) remains controversial in clinical practice, particularly in terms of the safety profile of these drugs.
Federica Viola Piedepalumbo, Ana Motos, Francesco Blasi, Antoni Torres   +3 more
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Steroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

Breathe
There is conflicting evidence regarding the use of steroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), with previous randomised controlled trials limited by small sample sizes. ESCAPe and CAPE COD are two recently published large trials on steroids in severe CAP.
Sachin Ananth, Alexander G. Mathioudakis, Jan Hansel   +2 more
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2004
Community-acquired pneumonia remains a prevalent and potentially life-threatening infection. In general, the disease is considered severe when inpatient care including ICU admission is required, and this often suggests a poorer prognosis. Severe community-acquired pneumonia continues to be an important subject of research from different perspectives ...
Francisco, Alvarez-Lerma, Antoni, Torres
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Adding steroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia treatment: does it make a difference?

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2021
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most serious respiratory infection and the leading cause of death from infectious disease around the world.
Safaa Wafy, Hassan Bayoumi, Shaimaa A El-Naser   +2 more
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Ceftaroline in severe community-acquired pneumonia

Revista Española de Quimioterapia, 2022
Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is associated with high mortality. Factor such as early adequate antibiotic therapy, delay in intensive care unit (ICU) care and pneumonia caused by resistant pathogens are associated with worse outcomes in SCAP patients.
Cilloniz, Catia, Pericàs, Juan M, Rojas, Jorge   +2 more
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