Prospective comparison of three validated prediction rules for prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia.
Aujesky D, Auble TE, Yealy DM, Stone RA, Obrosky DS, Meehan TP, Graff LG, Fine JM, Fine MJ.
Aujesky D, et al. Among authors: auble te.
Am J Med. 2005 Apr;118(4):384-92. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.01.006.
Am J Med. 2005.
PMID: 15808136
CONCLUSIONS: The more complex Pneumonia Severity Index has a higher discriminatory power for short-term mortality, defines a greater proportion of patients at low risk, and is slightly more accurate in identifying patients at low risk than either CURB score....
CONCLUSIONS: The more complex Pneumonia Severity Index has a higher discriminatory power for short-term mortality, defines a greater …