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In-hospital mortality risk factors in community acquired pneumonia: evaluation of immunocompetent adult patients without comorbidities.
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Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) [Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992)] 2015 Mar-Apr; Vol. 61 (2), pp. 144-9. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objective: several scores were developed in order to improve the determination of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) severity and its management, mainly CURB-65 and SACP score. However, none of them were evaluated for risk assessment of in-hospital mortality, particularly in individuals who were non-immunosuppressed and/or without any comorbidity. In this regard, the present study was carried out.<br />Methods: we performed a cross-sectional study in 272 immunocompetent patients without comorbidities and with a diagnosis of CAP. Performance of CURB- 65 and SCAP scores in predicting in-hospital mortality was evaluated. Also, variables related to death were assessed. Furthermore, in order to design a model of in-hospital mortality prediction, sampled individuals were randomly divided in two groups. The association of the variables with mortality was weighed and, by multiple binary regression, a model was constructed in one of the subgroups. Then, it was validated in the other subgroup.<br />Results: both scores yielded a fair strength of agreement, and CURB-65 showed a better performance in predicting in-hospital mortality. In our casuistry, age, white blood cell counts, serum urea and diastolic blood pressure were related to death. The model constructed with these variables showed a good performance in predicting in-hospital mortality; moreover, only one patient with fatal outcome was not correctly classified in the group where the model was constructed and in the group where it was validated.<br />Conclusion: our findings suggest that a simple model that uses only 4 variables, which are easily accessible and interpretable, can identify seriously ill patients with CAP.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1806-9282
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26107364
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.61.02.144