Open AccessPrediction of Requirement for Mechanical Ventilation in Community-Acquired Pneumonia with Acute Respiratory Failure: A Multicenter Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Shigeru Kohno,
Masafumi Seki,
Koji Takehara,
Yoshitsugu Yamada,
Keishi Kubo,
Akitoshi Ishizaka,
Kazui Soma
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000335466
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , pneumonia severity index , respiratory failure , prospective cohort study , receiver operating characteristic , severity of illness , cohort study , respiratory disease , lung
Several severity scoring systems for predicting mortality are established in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
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