Clinical Judgment versus the Pneumonia Severity Index in Making the Admission Decision

Abstract The Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) is a validated risk assessment tool for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Guidelines endorse outpatient treatment for patients deemed low risk, but experience shows that such patients are frequently hospitalized. We investigated the limitat...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of emergency medicine 2008-04, Vol.34 (3), p.261-268
Hauptverfasser: Seymann, Gregory, MD, Barger, Khamisah, MD, Choo, Susan, MD, Sawhney, Sajeet, BS, Davis, Daniel, MD
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