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Jiaru Jiang1, Pingqian Xie1, Lele Tan1

  • 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Affiliated Nanhua Hospital, University of South China, Hengyang, China.

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血红蛋白糖化指数 (HGI) 与社区获得性肺炎 (CAP) 的死亡率有关. 较低的HGI表明风险更高,建议其用于早期风险分层,特别是对于老年患者.

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