Community Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department: value and limits of prognostic severity scores

Community - acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of hospital admission and a leading cause of increased morbidity and mortality Emergency Physicians (EP) face the challenge to assess the initial management of Patients with CAP, identifying those at high and low risk Severity scoring systems (S...

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Main Authors: R. Ferrari, F. Tumietto, S. Tedeschi, F. Giostra, D. Agostinelli, P. Viale, M. Cavazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-07-01
Series:Emergency Care Journal
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1080