Comment on article: “Laboratories as predictors of length of hospital stay in patients with pneumonia”
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Risk Factors, Prognosis, Length of Stay, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, PneumoniaAbstract
Laboratory studies are a useful tool for both diagnosis and prognosis of pathologies, especially in the emergency room. In the article they seek to establish an association between laboratory studies and hospital stay in patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Some suggestions are made to improve the structured review of the article.
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