Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: Risk factors for mortality

ÇİLLİ, AYKUT; Erdem, Hakan; Karakurt, Zuhal; Turkan, Hulya; Yazicioglu-Mocin, Ozlem; Adiguzel, Nalan; Gungor, Gokay; BİLGE, UĞUR; Tasci, Canturk; Yilmaz, Gulden; ÖNCÜL, Mustafa; Dogan-Celik, Aygul; Erdemli, Ozcan; Oztoprak, Nefise; Samur, Anil; Tomak, Yakup; Inan, Asuman; Karaboga, Burcu; Tok, Demet; Temur, Sibel; ÖKSÜZ, HAFİZE; Senturk, Ozgur; Buyukkocak, Unase; Yilmaz-Karadag, Fatma; ÖZCENGİZ, DİLEK; Karakas, Ahmet; Savasci, Umit; ÖZGEN ALPAYDIN, AYLİN; Kilic, Erol; ELALDI, NAZİF; Bilgic, Hayati

doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.08.004

Community-acquired pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: Risk factors for mortality

ÇİLLİ A., Erdem H., Karakurt Z., Turkan H., Yazicioglu-Mocin O., Adiguzel N., ...More

JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE, vol.28, no.6, pp.975-979, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 28 Issue: 6
Publication Date: 2013
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2013.08.004
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.975-979
Keywords: Community-acquired pneumonia, COPD, Intensive care unit
Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: The aims of this study are to identify factors predicting mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission and to examine whether noninvasive ventilation treatment reduces mortality.