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DEFINING SEVERE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA

Medical Clinics of North America, 2001
Based on the recognition of the main pathophysiologic features of pneumonia and currently available data on prognosis and clinical severity assessment, key points for a definition of severe pneumonia are as follows: 1. Independent predictors of pneumonia severity are factors reflecting acute respiratory failure and severe sepsis or septic shock. 2.
T, Neuhaus, S, Ewig
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Procalcitonin and severity of community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy, 2009
The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship between procalcitonin and the severity and prognosis of community-acquired pneumonia. The subjects were 162 patients with community-acquired pneumonia (disease severity, mild, 39 patients; moderate, 81 patients; severe, 37 patients; and super severe, 5 patients) in whom we examined the serum ...
Niro, Okimoto, Yoshikiyo, Hayashi, Mitsunori, Ishiga, Fumiyo, Nanba, Michihiro, Kishimoto, Shinichi, Yagi, Takeyuki, Kurihara, Naoko, Asaoka, Sadao, Tamada   +8 more
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Severity scores for community-acquired pneumonia

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, 2008
An assessment of the severity of illness of a patient is one of the most important components of their early management. It guides decisions regarding the most appropriate site of care and the selection of empiric antibiotic therapy. In recent years, prediction tools, known as severity scores, have been promoted to assist early assessments of the ...
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Corticosteroids for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

JAMA, 2015
Corticosteroids are thephysician’s immunomodulatory agent of choice.Theseagentsare inexpensiveandubiquitouslyavailable, have awell-known adverse effect profile, do not require monitoring of drug levels, and, probably most important, mimic the body’s own response to stress. Accordingly, corticosteroidshavebeenusedforawidevarietyofmedical illnesses.
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Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia

2012
Severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important disease and on many intensive care units (ICUs) it is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases. Despite advances in antimicrobial therapy, rates of mortality from CAP remain unacceptably high.
J. Vergragt, J. Kesecioglu, D. W. Lange
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Significance of the Modified NUTRIC Score for Predicting Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Nutrients, 2022
Chia-Cheng Tseng, Chin-Ming Chen, Yao-Tung Wang   +2 more
exaly  

Aetiology of severe community acquired pneumonia in adults identified by combined detection methods: a multi-centre prospective study in China

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2022
Jing Zhang, Hua Zhou, Min Zhou
exaly  

NETosis is critical in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
He Quan, Tang Hanqi, Fu Yangyang
exaly  

Hydrocortisone Infusion for Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2005
Francesco Blasi, Reba Umberger, Marco Confalonieri   +2 more
exaly  

Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2006
España Pp, Jm Quintana, Alberto Capelastegui   +2 more
exaly