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CURB-65 criteria
Procedure:
- Criteria:
a) Confusion
b) Uremia: BUN > 20 mg/dL
c) Respiratory Rate > 30/min
d) low Blood pressure (< 90/60 mm Hg)
e) age >= 65 years
- score 1 point for each of 5 criteria met
Management:
- patients with community-acquired pneumonia with a score of:
a) 0-1: generally can be managed as an outpatient
b) 2: admit to hospital
c) > 2: consider admission to ICU
General
criteria
numerical rating scale (NRS)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15,16,18.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009, 2012, 2018.