Sequential organ failure assessment score is an excellent operationalization of disease severity of adult patients with hospitalized community acquired pneumonia - results from the prospective observational PROGRESS study

CAP (Community acquired pneumonia) is frequent, with a high mortality rate and a high burden on health care systems. Development of predictive biomarkers, new therapeutic concepts, and epidemiologic research require a valid, reproducible, and quantitative measure describing CAP severity.

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Main Authors: Ahnert, Peter (Author) , Hoffmann, Ursula (Author) , Shchetynska-Marinova, Tetyana (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 04 April 2019
In: Critical care
Year: 2019, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-13
ISSN:1466-609X
DOI:10.1186/s13054-019-2316-x
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2316-x
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Author Notes:Peter Ahnert, Petra Creutz, Katrin Horn, Fabian Schwarzenberger, Michael Kiehntopf, Hamid Hossain, Michael Bauer, Frank Martin Brunkhorst, Konrad Reinhart, Uwe Völker, Trinad Chakraborty, Martin Witzenrath, Markus Löffler, Norbert Suttorp, Markus Scholz and the PROGRESS Study Group
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Summary:CAP (Community acquired pneumonia) is frequent, with a high mortality rate and a high burden on health care systems. Development of predictive biomarkers, new therapeutic concepts, and epidemiologic research require a valid, reproducible, and quantitative measure describing CAP severity.
Item Description:The PROGRESS Study Group comprised: Stefan, Angermair, Ursula Hoffmann, Tetyana Shchetynska-Marinova [und weitere]
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Physical Description:Online Resource
ISSN:1466-609X
DOI:10.1186/s13054-019-2316-x