Background: Whether cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its traditional risk factors predict
severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is uncertain, in part, because of potential …

Abstract Purpose Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), one of the most widely used medications,
are commonly used to suppress several acid-related upper gastrointestinal disorders. Acid …

Background No personalized prediction model or standardized algorithm exists to identify
those at high risk of death among severe community-acquired pneumonia (SCAP) patients …

Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonar... : Current Opinion in
Infectious Diseases Community-acquired pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …

Background Chest computed tomography (CT) was reported to improve the diagnosis of
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) as compared to chest X-ray (CXR). The aim of this …

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often suffer acute
exacerbations (AECOPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), named …

Background: To describe and analyze the incidence and hospital outcomes of patients
admitted with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) according to Chronic Obstructive …

Background. Although mean platelet volume (MPV) appears to be associated with poor
outcome of pneumonia, the relationship between MPV and in‐hospital mortality is unclear in …

The systemic inflammatory response (SIR) may help to predict clinical progression,
treatment failure, and prognosis in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Exposure to …

Objective Although pneumonia is the leading cause of death among patients with dementia,
the specific underlying causes remain unclear. In particular, the potential connection …