Performance of the CURB-65 score in predicting critical care interventions in patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia

A Ilg, A Moskowitz, V Konanki, PV Patel… - Annals of emergency …, 2019 - Elsevier
Study objective Confusion, uremia, elevated respiratory rate, hypotension, and aged 65
years or older (CURB-65) is a clinical prediction rule intended to stratify patients with …

CURB‐65 Performance Among Admitted and Discharged Emergency Department Patients With Community‐acquired Pneumonia

AL Sharp, JP Jones, I Wu, D Huynh… - Academic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Pneumonia severity tools were primarily developed in cohorts of hospitalized
patients, limiting their applicability to the emergency department (ED). We describe current …

[HTML][HTML] Low CURB-65 is of limited value in deciding discharge of patients with community-acquired pneumonia

S Aliberti, J Ramirez, R Cosentini, AM Brambilla… - Respiratory …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The relationship between clinical judgment and indications of the CURB-
65 score in deciding the site-of-care for patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) …

[HTML][HTML] Pneumonia severity index compared to CURB-65 in predicting the outcome of community acquired pneumonia among patients referred to an Iranian …

M Alavi-Moghaddam, H Bakhshi, B Rezaei… - The Brazilian Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To compare the prognostic value of the pneumonia severity index and the
severity score for community-acquired pneumonia (CURB-65) in predicting mortality and the …

CURB-65 pneumonia severity assessment adapted for electronic decision support

BE Jones, J Jones, T Bewick, WS Lim, D Aronsky… - Chest, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Accurate severity assessment is crucial to the initial management of community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP). The CURB-65 (confusion, uremia, respiratory rate, BP, age≥ …

The CURB65 pneumonia severity score outperforms generic sepsis and early warning scores in predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia

G Barlow, D Nathwani, P Davey - Thorax, 2007 - thorax.bmj.com
Background: The performance of CURB65 in predicting mortality in community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) has been tested in two large observational studies. However, it has not …

Predicting mortality with severity assessment tools in out-patients with community-acquired pneumonia

AR Akram, JD Chalmers, AT Hill - QJM: An International Journal …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: In community-acquired pneumonia, severity assessment tools, such as CRB65,
CURB65 and Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI), have been promoted to increase the …

The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) for outcome prediction in emergency department patients with community-acquired pneumonia: results from a 6-year …

D Sbiti-Rohr, A Kutz, M Christ-Crain, R Thomann… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To investigate the accuracy of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to predict
mortality and adverse clinical outcomes for patients with community-acquired pneumonia …

Prediction of severe community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Marti, N Garin, O Grosgurin, A Poncet… - Critical Care, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Severity assessment and site-of-care decisions for patients with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP) are pivotal for patients' safety and adequate allocation of …

Validation of a clinical prediction model for early admission to the intensive care unit of patients with pneumonia

J Labarère, P Schuetz, B Renaud… - Academic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2012; 19: 993–1003© 2012 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: The Risk of Early Admission to the …