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SUBMITTER: Li G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4940754 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Respiratory research 20160711 1
<h4>Background</h4>Despite the high mortality in patients with pneumonia admitted to an ICU, data on risk factors for death remain limited.<h4>Methods</h4>In this secondary analysis of PROTECT (Prophylaxis for Thromboembolism in Critical Care Trial), we focused on the patients admitted to ICU with a primary diagnosis of pneumonia. The primary outcome for this study was 90-day hospital mortality and the secondary outcome was 90-day ICU mortality. Cox regression model was conducted to examine the ...[more]