Open AccessC-reactive protein, severity of pneumonia and mortality in elderly, hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia
Author(s) -
Ulrich Thiem,
D. Niklaus,
B. Sehlhoff,
C. Stuckle,
Hans-Jürgen Heppner,
Heinz G. Endres,
Ludger Pientka
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp164
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , intensive care medicine , pneumonia severity index
increasingly, markers of systemic inflammation like C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and white blood count (WBC) are being used for assessing the prognosis of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, their predictive value has not been validated in populations of elderly patients.
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