Prohormones for prediction of adverse medical outcome in community-acquired pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections

Philipp Schuetz,Marcel Wolbers,Mirjam Christ-Crain,Robert Thomann,Claudine Falconnier,Isabelle Widmer,Stefanie Neidert,Thomas Fricker,Claudine A. Blum,Ursula Schild,Nils G. Morgenthaler,Ronald A. Schoenenberger,Christoph Henzen,Thomas Bregenzer,Claus Hoess,Martín Krause,Heiner C. Bucher,Werner Zimmerli,Beat Mueller

Prohormones for prediction of adverse medical outcome in community-acquired pneumonia and lower respiratory tract infections

2010

Philipp Schuetz
Marcel Wolbers
Mirjam Christ-Crain
Robert Thomann
Claudine Falconnier
Isabelle Widmer
Stefanie Neidert
Thomas Fricker
Claudine A. Blum
Ursula Schild
Nils G. Morgenthaler
Ronald A. Schoenenberger
Christoph Henzen
Thomas Bregenzer
Claus Hoess
Martín Krause
Heiner C. Bucher
Werner Zimmerli
Beat Mueller

Introduction Measurement of prohormones representing different pathophysiological pathways could enhance risk stratification in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and other lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI).

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Bacterial pneumonia
Intensive care medicine
Respiratory tract infections
Framingham Risk Score
Community-acquired pneumonia
Lower respiratory tract infection
Medicine
Pneumonia severity index
Area under the curve
Predictive value of tests
Copeptin
Procalcitonin

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