Jian-sheng Li, Su-yun Li, Xue-qing Yu, Zi-kai Sun, Wei Zhang, Xin-hua Jia, Si-ping Zheng, Ming-hang Wang, Hai-feng Wang
OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a clinical rule to predict treatment failure in middle-aged and elderly patients suffering from community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in China, and to compare it with other prognostic rules. METHODS: Data of 58 variables affiliated to 6 aspects, including demographics, underlaying diseases, previous status, complications, symptoms, signs and laboratory examination results from the CAP patients aged≥45 years admitted to the respiratory departments in three university affiliated hospitals between December 17, 2006 and December 22, 2008 were enrolled prospectively and then validated in two groups to create a derivation cohort with 75% of the patients for rule development and an internal validation cohort with the other 25% for internal test...
January 2011: Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue, Chinese Critical Care Medicine, Zhongguo Weizhongbing Jijiuyixue