Severe community-acquired pneumonia: Characteristics and prognostic factors in ventilated and non-ventilated patients

BACKGROUND: Patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) and life-threatening acute respiratory failure may require invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Since use of IMV is often associated with significant morbidity and mortality, we assessed whether patients invasively ventilated wou...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Ferrer, Miquel, Travierso, Chiara, Cilloniz, Catia, Gabarrus, Albert, Ranzani, Otavio T., Polverino, Eva, Liapikou, Adamantia, Blasi, Francesco, Torres, Antoni
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5784994/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29370285
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191721
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