Prediction of 72-hour mortality in patients with extremely high serum C-reactive protein levels using a novel weighted average of risk scores

• Kai Saito,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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• Hitoshi Sugawara ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hsmdfacp@jichi.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5060-9020

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• Kiyoshi Ichihara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6039-4537

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• Tamami Watanabe,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

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• Akira Ishii,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

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• Takahiko Fukuchi

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of General Medicine, Department of Comprehensive Medicine 1, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

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