Publications by authors named "Chiara M Giraffa"

Objectives: To explore the performance of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), an index of systemic inflammation that predicts prognosis of several diseases, in a cohort of elderly adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

Design: Prospective clinical study from January 2014 to July 2016.

Setting: Unit of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

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