What are the most valuable bedside predictors in pneumonia patients?
Hypothermia and hypotension, both strong predictors of poor outcome. Improvement of blood pressure and
fever—together with lowering of cardiac and respiratory rates—is instead a favorable predictor. Finally, oxygen desaturation has little prognostic value in hospitalized patients.
Hypothermia and hypotension, both strong predictors of poor outcome. Improvement of blood pressure and
fever—together with lowering of cardiac and respiratory rates—is instead a favorable predictor. Finally, oxygen desaturation has little prognostic value in hospitalized patients.