A Prediction Rule to Identify Low-Risk Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

J. Fine, Michael; E. Auble, Thomas; M. Yealy, Donald; H. Hanusa, Barbara; A. Weissfeld, Lisa; E. Singer, Daniel; M. Coley, Christopher; J. Marrie, Thomas; N. Kapoor, Wishwa

doi:10.1056/nejm199701233360402

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A Prediction Rule to Identify Low-Risk Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 23, 1997

Authors:

Michael J. Fine

Thomas E. Auble

Donald M. Yealy

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is considerable variability in rates of hospitalization of patients with community-acquired pneumonia, in part because of physicians' uncertainty in assessing the severity of illness at presentation. METHODS: From our analysis of data on 14,199 adult inpatients with community-acqui...

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Medicine

Pneumonia

Community-acquired pneumonia

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