Abstract
This study involved 92 patients with clinically diagnosed pneumonia. Differences in
the frequency of typical pattern were calculated for patients with mild pneumonia
and for patients with severe pneumonia (confusion, respiratory rate, blood pressure,
65 years of age and older). The frequency of singular morphologic changes did not
differ significantly between the two groups. Empyema and pleural effusion, as well
as an atelectasis in combination with patchy infiltrates and a positive bronchogram/multisegmental
infiltrates, seem to have an influence on severity of pneumonia.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 07, 2008
Accepted:
December 17,
2007
Received:
October 10,
2007
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© 2008 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
