A mortality prediction rule for non-elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia

No mortality prediction rule is suited for non-elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Therefore, we tried to create a mortality prediction rule that is simple and suitable for non-elderly patients...

Source: BMC Pulmonary Medicine - March 8, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Masato Tashiro, Kiyohide Fushimi, Takahiro Takazono, Shintaro Kurihara, Taiga Miyazaki, Misuzu Tsukamoto, Katsunori Yanagihara, Hiroshi Mukae, Takayoshi Tashiro, Shigeru Kohno and Koichi Izumikawa Source Type: research