Predictors of severe sepsis among patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia

Background: Severe sepsis, may be present on hospital arrival in approximately one-third of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Objective: To determine the host characteristics and micro-organisms associated with severe sepsis in patients hospitalized with CAP. Results: We performed a...

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Autores: Montull Veiga, Beatriz, Menéndez Villanueva, Rosario|||0000-0002-3592-3839, Torres, Antoni|||0000-0002-8643-2167, Reyes Calzada, Soledad María, Méndez, Raúl|||0000-0001-6300-9836, Zalacaín, Rafael, Capelastegui, Alberto, Rajas, Olga, Borderías, Luis|||0000-0003-3296-9644, Martín Villasclaras, Juan, Bello, Salvador, Alfageme, Inmaculada|||0000-0002-5106-1669, Rodríguez de Castro, Felipe|||0000-0002-6812-2739, Rello, Jordi|||0000-0003-0676-6210, Molinos, Luis, Ruiz Manzano, Juan|||0000-0001-7213-7346
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:174683
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/174683
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145929
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Community-acquired pneumonia
Predictors
Severe sepsis
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Sumario:Background: Severe sepsis, may be present on hospital arrival in approximately one-third of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Objective: To determine the host characteristics and micro-organisms associated with severe sepsis in patients hospitalized with CAP. Results: We performed a prospective multicenter cohort study in 13 Spanish hospital, on 4070 hospitalized CAP patients, 1529 of whom (37.6%) presented with severe sepsis. Severe sepsis CAP was independently associated with older age (.

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