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01.05.2008 | Correspondence
Assessment of severity in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: reply to letter by Challen et al.
verfasst von:
Alejandro Rodríguez, Jordi Rello
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Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2008
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Sir: We agree with Challen et al. about the convenience of incorporating co-morbidities [
1] or pulse oximetry [
2,
3] in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) severity scoring. For initial triage, the severity of CAP should be assessed by simple physiologic parameters, including oxygen saturation, blood pressure and respiratory rate. Biomarkers and lactate may help to refine prediction in specific subsets [
4]. …