Birmingham Community Acquired Pneumonia Severity score (BCAPS) is a better predictor of mortality than CURB65 in hospitalised patients with community acquired pneumonia

F. Grudzinska (Birmingham, United Kingdom), P. Nightingale (Birmingham, United Kingdom), D. Thickett (Birmingham, United Kingdom), D. Dosanjh (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Clinical challenges in pneumonia
Session: Clinical challenges in pneumonia
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 2031
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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