Mortality indicators in community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care in Turkey

Erdem, Hakan; Turkan, Hulya; ÇİLLİ, AYKUT; Karakas, Ahmet; Karakurt, Zuhal; BİLGE, UĞUR; Yazicioglu-Mocin, Ozlem; ELALDI, NAZİF; Adiguzel, Nalan; Gungor, Gokay; Tasci, Canturk; Yilmaz, Gulden; Oncul, Oral; Dogan-Celik, Aygul; Erdemli, Ozcan; Oztoprak, Nefise; Tomak, Yakup; Inan, Asuman; Karaboga, Burcu; Tok, Demet; Temur, Sibel; Oksuz, Hafize; Senturk, Ozgur; Buyukkocak, Unase; Yilmaz-Karadag, Fatma; Ozcengiz, Dilek; Turker, Turker; Afyon, Murat; Samur, Anil; Ulcay, Asim; Savasci, Umit; Diktas, Husrev; Ozgen-Alpaydin, Aylin; Kilic, EROL; Bilgic, Hayati; Leblebicioglu, Hakan; Unal, Serhat; Sonmez, Guner; Gorenek, Levent

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2013.03.015

Mortality indicators in community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care in Turkey

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.17, no.9, 2013 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 17 Issue: 9
Publication Date: 2013
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.03.015
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Keywords: Community-acquired, pneumonia, Outcome, Intensive care unit, CAP, ICU, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA, ACUTE RESPIRATORY-FAILURE, ATTRIBUTABLE MORTALITY, NONINVASIVE VENTILATION, MECHANICAL VENTILATION, PROGNOSIS FACTORS, PREDICTION RULE, RISK-FACTORS, ETIOLOGY, UNIT
Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is a fatal disease. This study was conducted to describe an outcome analysis of the intensive care units (ICUs) of Turkey.