The International Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Collaboration Cohort (ICCC) study: rationale, design and description of study cohorts and patients.

ABSTRACT: To improve the understanding of the determinants of prognosis and accurate risk stratification in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Multicentre collaboration of prospective cohorts. 6 cohorts from the USA, Canada, Hong Kong and Spain. From a published meta-analysis of risk stratification studies in CAP, the authors identified and pooled individual patient-level data from six prospective cohort studies of CAP (three from the USA, one each from Canada, Hong Kong and Spain) to create the International CAP Collaboration Cohort. Initial essential inclusion criteria of meta-analysis were (1) prospective design, (2) in English language, (3) reported 30-day mortality and transfer to an intensive or high dependency care and (4) minimum 1000 participants. Common baseline patient characteristics in

SUBMITTER: Myint PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358618 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature