Mortality indicators in community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care in Turkey

Erdem, Hakan; Turkan, Hulya; ÇİLLİ, AYKUT; Karakas, Ahmet; Karakurt, Zuhal; BİLGE, UĞUR; Yazicioglu-Mocin, Ozlem; ELALDI, NAZİF; Adiguzel, Nalan; Gungor, Gokay; Tasci, Canturk; Yilmaz, Gulden; ÖNCÜL, Mustafa; Dogan-Celik, Aygul; Erdemli, Ozcan; Oztoprak, Nefise; TOMAK, YAKUP; Inan, Asuman; Karaboga, Burcu; Tok, Demet; Temur, Sibel; ÖKSÜZ, HAFİZE; Senturk, Ozgur; Buyukkocak, Unase; Yilmaz-Karadag, Fatma; ÖZCENGİZ, DİLEK; Turker, Turker; Afyon, Murat; Samur, Anil; Ulcay, Asim; Savasci, Umit; Diktas, Husrev; ÖZGEN ALPAYDIN, AYLİN; Kilic, Erol; Bilgic, Hayati; Leblebicioglu, Hakan; ÜNAL, SERHAT; Sonmez, Guner; Gorenek, Levent

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2013.03.015

Mortality indicators in community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care in Turkey

Erdem H., Turkan H., ÇİLLİ A., Karakas A., Karakurt Z., BİLGE U., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol.17, no.9, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 17 Issue: 9
Publication Date: 2013
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.03.015
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Keywords: Community-acquired, pneumonia, Outcome, Intensive care unit, CAP, ICU
Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is a fatal disease. This study was conducted to describe an outcome analysis of the intensive care units (ICUs) of Turkey.