414 Correlation Between Procalcitonin and Severity Scoring Systems in Hospitalized Patients With Diagnosis of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Know the result of disease severity and clinical results in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are preconditions for treatment options and management for health care resources. Various scoring systems as CURB-65 and SMART-COP have been developed to facilitate these awareness. However, the scoring systems have strengths and weaknesses against each other. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between these two scoring systems with procalcitonin level which is highly sensitive in the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia.

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