1. Comparison of performances between risk scores for predicting mortality at 30 days in patients with community acquired pneumonia
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Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, Alirio Rodrigo Bastidas Goyes, Gabriela Guerrón-Gómez, María C. Martínez, Daniela Torres, Carolina Schloss, Julian Camacho, Gabriela Bonilla, Daniela Cepeda, Paula Romero, Yuli Fuentes, Esteban Garcia, David Acosta, Santiago Rodríguez, David Alvarez, and Luis F. Reyes
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Pneumonia ,Risk score ,Mortality ,Observational study ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
Abstract Background Risk scores facilitate the assessment of mortality risk in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Despite their utilities, there is a scarcity of evidence comparing the various RS simultaneously. This study aims to evaluate and compare multiple risk scores reported in the literature for predicting 30-day mortality in adult patients with CAP. Methods A retrospective cohort study on patients diagnosed with CAP was conducted across two hospitals in Colombia. The areas under receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC-curves) were calculated for the outcome of survival or death at 30 days using the scores obtained for each of the analyzed questionnaires. Results A total of 7454 potentially eligible patients were included, with 4350 in the final analysis, of whom 15.2% (662/4350) died within 30 days. The average age was 65.4 years (SD: 21.31), and 59.5% (2563/4350) were male. Chronic kidney disease was 3.7% (9.2% vs. 5.5%; p
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- 2024
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