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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) refers to pneumonia (any of several lung diseases) contracted by a person outside of the healthcare system. In contrast, hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is seen in patients who have recently visited a hospital or who live in long-term care facilities.
The pneumonia severity index (PSI) or PORT Score is a clinical prediction rule that medical practitioners can use to calculate the probability of morbidity and mortality among patients with community acquired pneumonia. [1] The PSI/PORT score is often used to predict the need for hospitalization in people with pneumonia. [2]
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as indexed by Clarivate's Web of Science.
CURB-65, also known as the CURB criteria, is a clinical prediction rule that has been validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia [1] and infection of any site. [2] The CURB-65 is based on the earlier CURB score [3] and is recommended by the British Thoracic Society for the assessment of severity of pneumonia. [4]
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 1.136, ranking it 64th out of 115 journals in the category "Nursing", [3] [4] and 81st out of 94 journals in the category "Health Care Sciences & Services".
Pneumococcal pneumonia is a type of bacterial pneumonia that is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). [1] It is the most common bacterial pneumonia found in adults, the most common type of community-acquired pneumonia, and one of the common types of pneumococcal infection. The estimated number of Americans with pneumococcal ...
Clinical Nursing Research is a peer-reviewed nursing journal covering the field of clinical nursing. The Editor-In-Chief is Melissa D. Pinto, PhD, RN, FAAN ( University of California, Irvine ). It was established in 1992 and is currently published by SAGE Publications eight times a year.
Nursing Inquiry is a quarterly peer-reviewed nursing journal. It was established in 1994 with Judy Parker (La Trobe University) as the founding editor-in-chief. [1] Sioban Nelson (University of Toronto) succeeded Parker in 2006. [2] It is published by John Wiley & Sons and the current editor-in-chief is Sally Thorne (University of British ...