Introduction Culture-negative sepsis is a common but relatively understudied condition. The
aim of this study was to compare the characteristics and outcomes of culture-negative versus …

Background: The 2007 Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA)/American Thoracic
Society (ATS) guidelines defined severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and …

The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect on hospital mortality of
a delay in intensive care unit (ICU) admission for severe community-acquired pneumonia …

The effect of employing severity scores to identify severe community-acquired pneumonia
(SCAP) cases for early aggressive resuscitation is unknown. Optimising pre-intensive care …

Background: Pathogens are often not identified in severe community-acquired pneumonia
(CAP), and the few studies using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques for virus …

Purpose As predictive factors and their diagnostic values are affected by the characteristics
of the population studied, clinical prediction model for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may …

The effect of employing severity scores to identify severe community-acquired pneumonia
(SCAP) cases for early aggressive resuscitation is unknown. Optimizing pre-ICU care may …

Methods: We included all patients with severe CAP admitted to our medical intensive care
unit. Blood, endotracheal aspirates from intubated patients, and sputum from non-intubated …

Background: Severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) is associated with mortality
rates as high as 50%. Delayed intensive care unit (ICU) admission is associated with …

Rationale: We hypothesize that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with an
increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia in patients undergoing primary percutaneous …