CURB-65 pneumonia severity

Current versionPulmonary·5 inputs·1 reference

Based on Lim WS et al. (2003).

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References

Lim WS, van der Eerden MM, Laing R, et al. Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study. Thorax. 2003;58:377-382. PMID: 12728155. doi: 10.1136/thorax.58.5.377 PubMed 12728155

Implementation notes

Mortality figures are the 30-day rates for the three CURB-65 groups in the derivation cohort (n = 718) of Lim et al., Thorax 2003, Figure 2 and Table 4: 1.5% for 0–1, 9.2% for 2 and 22% for 3–5. The paper's abstract lists different per-score percentages that do not match its own table, so the table is used. Where the abstract per-score figures came from is unresolved; no erratum is indexed.

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