Predisposition, insult/infection, response and organ dysfunction (PIRO): a pilot clinical staging system for hospital mortality in patients with infection.

Predisposition, insult/infection, response and organ dysfunction (PIRO): a pilot clinical staging system for hospital mortality in patients with infection.

PURPOSE: To develop a clinical staging system based on the PIRO concept (Predisposition, Infection, RESPONSE and Organ dysfunction) for hospitalized patients with infection. METHODS: One year prospective cohort study of all hospitalized patients with infection (n = 1035), admitted into a large terti...

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Main Authors: Teresa Cardoso, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Pedro Pereira Rodrigues, Irene Aragão, Altamiro Costa-Pereira, António E Sarmento
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3722163?pdf=render

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