Assessment of disease severity in hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia by the use of validated scoring systems

Abstract Background Severity assessment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is essential for many purposes. Among these are the microbiological confirmation strategy and choice of empirical antimicrobial therapy. However, many severity assessment systems have been developed to aid clinicians to re...

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Main Authors: Sandleen Iftikhar, Bjørn Waagsbø
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-03-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-03550-y
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