Open AccessFactors influencing severity of community-acquired pneumonia
Author(s) -
M Mahendra,
B.S. Jayaraj,
Sneha Limaye,
Sindaghatta Krishnarao Chaya,
Raja Dhar,
P A Mahesh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_334_17
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , intensive care unit , body mass index , community acquired pneumonia , obesity , pneumonia severity index , emergency department , prospective cohort study , population , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health , psychiatry
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in India. There is a need to understand the risk factors associated with severity of CAP in our population. This study was part of the international global initiative for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia study to evaluate MRSA.