Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Severity scores and comorbidities in community-acquired pneumonia
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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S. Aliberti, A. Amir, G. N. Brock, B. K. Moffett, P. Peyrani, M. Volpi, F. Blasi, J. A. Ramirez (Milan, Italy; Louisville, KY, United States Of America). Physicians should not use the pneumonia severity index (PSI) or CRB-65 in deciding the need for hospitalization in cancer patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 423

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