Adherence to Community Acquired Pneumonia guideleines and patients outcomes in a peri-urban hospital in Natal, South Africa
Conclusions: Failure to use the CURB-65 score resulted in an increase admission of patients presenting with LRTI. There was an increased case fatality rate in this high HIV prevalence setting.
Source: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
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