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| Pneumonia Mortality in Nursing Home Patients by Logistic Regression |
The EBMcalc module Pneumonia Mortality in Nursing Home Patients by Logistic Regression is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.
This calculator yields the following results:
- Terms
- Mortality
Equation parameters include:
- Sex
- BUN
- WBC
- Absolute Lymphocyte Count
- Pulse
- BMI
- Mood deterioration
- Extensive assistance required in grooming
- Extensive assistance required in toileting
- Extensive assistance required in eating
- Extensive assistance required in locomotion
References
- Mehr DR, Binder EF, Kruse RL, et al. Predicting mortality in nursing home residents with lower respiratory tract infection: The Missouri LRI Study. JAMA. 2001; 286: 2427-36. PubMed ID: 11712938
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