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Article: Research from University of the Witwatersrand yields new findings on pneumonia.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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A new study, 'Severity of illness scoring systems in patients with bacteraemic pneumococcal pneumonia: implications for the intensive care unit care,' is now available. "Severity of illness scoring systems are useful for decisions on the management of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), including assessing the need for intensified therapy and monitoring, or for intensive care unit (ICU) admission. We compared the accuracy of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI), the CURB-65 and CRB-65 score, the modified-American Thoracic Society score (ATS), the IDSA/ATS guidelines and the Pitt Bacteraemia score (PBS) in evaluating severity of illness in 766 patients with ...