Poder diagnóstico y pronóstico de los biomarcadores para mejorar el manejo de la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad en los servicios de urgencias

a b s t r a c t Objectives: To analyse the usefulness and performance of several biomarkers (C-reactive protein (CRP), mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM), procalcitonin (PCT)) and lactate in predicting short- and medium-term mortality compared with the prognostic severity scales (PSS) usually employed for