Risk factors predicting outcome in patients with pneumonia in Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Objective: To determine the predictive value of commonly used clinical and laboratory factors for mortality in patients with pneumonia in the Arab world.

Methods: We retrospectively analyze the data collected from all inpatients over the age of 16 years with a diagnosis of pneumonia in Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates between the years 1997 and 2002. Patients were grouped into those who survived and those who died in the hospital.