Severity assessment criteria recommended by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and older patients. Should SOAR (systolic blood pressure, oxygenation, age and respiratory rate) criteria be used in older people? A compilation study of two prospective cohorts

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 286-291

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,b,c   Kamath, Ajay V ^a   Vowler, Sarah L ^c   Maisey, David N ^a   Harrison, Brian D W ^a,b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BTS guidelines; Community acquired pneumonia (CAP); Elderly; Mortality; Older people

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGENATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646187301     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj081     Document Type: Article

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