Association between prognostic nutritional index and mortality risk in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study
Our investigation identified a significant negative association between the PNI and the risk of mortality in patients with CAP. Additionally, the PNI demonstrated superior predictive value for mortality risk in CAP patients when compared to the CURB-65 scoring system.
Authors
- Tinghua Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-6302)
- Jiaolin Sun
- Xue Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2090-2389)
- Wenwen Ji
- Tingting Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6043-3340)
- Na Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-9787)
- Xiaohui Yu
- Guangdong Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7237-3517)
- Lin Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5253-1669)
- Zhihong Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5743-5158)
- Mengchong Li
Institutions
- Shanxi Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University (CN)
- Shanxi Provincial People’s Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-024-03373-3
- Citations
- 21
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.50
Funders
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology