Extract
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide [1]. Studies from the USA and Europe suggest that severe CAP patients requiring admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) reach a mortality of up to 39% [2, 3].
Abstract
Bilateral but not unilateral multilobar pneumonia is an independent risk factor for mortality in CAP http://ow.ly/ZNLD4
Acknowledgements
We are indebted to all medical and nursing colleagues for their assistance and cooperation in this study.
Footnotes
Support statement: This work was supported by Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CibeRes CB06/06/0028). 2009 Support to Research Groups of Catalonia 911.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
- Received January 26, 2016.
- Accepted March 8, 2016.
- Copyright ©ERS 2016