Severe community-acquired pneumonia: Characteristics and prognostic factors in ventilated and non-ventilated patients.

Patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) and life-threatening acute respiratory failure may require invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). Since use of IMV is often associated with significant morbidity and mortality, we assessed whether patients invasively ventilated would represent...

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Main Authors: Miquel Ferrer, Chiara Travierso, Catia Cilloniz, Albert Gabarrus, Otavio T Ranzani, Eva Polverino, Adamantia Liapikou, Francesco Blasi, Antoni Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5784994?pdf=render