CAP, community-acquired pneumonia

The CURB65 pneumonia severity score outperforms generic sepsis and early warning scores in predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia
Gavin Barlow, Dilip Nathwani, Peter Davey

Thorax Mar 2007, 62 (3) 253-259; DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.067371
Prospective comparison of three predictive rules for assessing severity of community-acquired pneumonia in Hong Kong
Shin Yan Man, Nelson Lee, Margaret Ip, Gregory E Antonio, Shirley S L Chau, Paulina Mak, Colin A Graham, Mingdong Zhang, Grace Lui, Paul K S Chan, Anil T Ahuja, David S Hui, Joseph J Y Sung, Timothy H Rainer

Thorax Apr 2007, 62 (4) 348-353; DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.069740

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