Prospective comparison of three predictive rules for assessing severity of community‐acquired pneumonia in Hong Kong

BACKGROUND: Community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading infectious cause of death throughout the world, including Hong Kong. AIM: To compare the ability of three validated prediction rules for CAP to predict mortality in Hong Kong: the 20 variable Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI), the 6‐point CURB...

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Main Authors:	Man, Shin Yan, Lee, Nelson, Ip, Margaret, Antonio, Gregory E, Chau, Shirley SL, Mak, Paulina, Graham, Colin A, Zhang, Mingdong, Lui, Grace, Chan, Paul K S, Ahuja, Anil T, Hui, David S, Sung, Joseph J Y, Rainer, Timothy H
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	BMJ Group 2007
Subjects:	Respiratory Infection
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2092476/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17121867 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thx.2006.069740
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Prospective comparison of three predictive rules for assessing severity of community‐acquired pneumonia in Hong Kong

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