Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an increasing problem among the elderly.
Multiple factors related to ageing, such as comorbidities, nutritional status and swallowing …

3. Chest radiograph should be repeated if the patient is not improving and also for all those
patients who have persistence or worsening of symptoms/physical signs or those in whom …

Purpose Differential diagnosis between acute viral and bacterial infection is an emerging
common challenge for a physician in the emergency department. Serum C-reactive protein …

Background: Determination of the presence or absence of bacterial infection is important to
guide appropriate therapy and reduce antibiotic exposure. Procalcitonin (PCT) is an …

Purpose To compare the efficacy of an antibiotic protocol guided by serum procalcitonin
(PCT) with that of standard antibiotic therapy in severe acute exacerbations of COPD …

Abstract Background. The recent Infectious Disease Society of America/American Thoracic
Society guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults …

This meta‐analysis was performed to determine the accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT) in
predicting mortality in pneumonia patients with different pathogenic features and disease …

Community-acquired pneumonia is not usually considered a high-priority problem by the
public, although it is responsible for substantial mortality, with a third of patients dying within …

Background Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPDs) can
lead to high frequencies and rates of hospitalization and mortality. Macrolides are a class of …

Background Allergic asthma is associated with increased risk of respiratory tract infections
and exacerbations. It remains unclear whether this susceptibility is conditioned by seasonal …