Physiological-social score (PMEWS) vs. CURB-65 to triage pandemic influenza: A comparative validation study using community-acquired pneumonia as a proxy

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Challen, Kirsty ^a   Bright, John ^a   Bentley, Andrew ^a   Walter, Darren ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURB 65; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC; PANDEMIC MEDICAL EARLY WARNING SCORE; RADIOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISASTER PLANNING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PLANNING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAGE;

EID: 33847780922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-33     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. UK Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan. UK Health Departments, London, Department of Health 2005 http://www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/ Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidanceArticle/ fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4121735&chk=Z6kjQY
2. Transmission of H7N7 avian influenza A virus to human beings during a large outbreak in commercial poultry farms in the Netherlands. M Koopmans B Wilbrink M Conyn G Natrop H Nat H Vennema A Meijer J Steenbergen R Fouchier A Osterhaus A Bosman, Lancet 2004 363 587 593 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15589-X 14987882
3. Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia Assessment of Severity Criteria. S Ewig M Ruiz J Mensa MA Marcos JA Martinez F Arancibia MS Niederman A Torres, Am J Resp Crit Care Med 1998 150 1102 1108
4. A prediction rule to identify low-risk patients with community acquired pneumonia. MJ Fine TE Auble DM Yealy BH Hanusa LA Weissfeld DE Singer CM Coley TJ Marrie WN Kapoor, N Engl J Med 1997 336 243 250 10.1056/NEJM199701233360402 8995086
5. Validation of a predictive rule for the management of community-acquired pneumonia. A Capelastegui PP Espana JM Quintana I Areitio I Gorordo M Egurrola A Bilbao, European Respiratory Journal 2006 27 151 157 10.1183/09031936.06. 00062505 16387948
6. Clinical Guidelines for Patients with an Influenza like illness during an Influenza Pandemic [Draft]. British Thoracic Society British Infection Society Health Protection Agency, London, Department of Health 2005
7. Comprehensive Critical Care. Department of Health, London, Department of Health, 2000
8. Validation of a modified early warning score in medical admissions. CP Subbe M Kruger P Rutherford L Gemmell, Quarterly Journal of Medicine 2001 94 521 526
9. Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure. British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee, Thorax 2002 57 192 211 10.1136/thorax.57.3. 192 11867822
10. Community-acquired pneumonia: impact of immune status. LM Mundy PG Auwaerter D Oldach ML Warner A Burton E Vance CA Gaydos JM Joseph R Gopalan RD Moore TC Quinn P Charache JG Bartlett, Am J Resp Crit Care Med 1995 152 1309 1315 7551387
11. Hospitalization Decision in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Prospective Cohort Study. MJ Fine DN Smith DE Singer, American Journal of Medicine 1990 89 713 721 10.1016/0002-9343(90)90211-U 2252039
12. A Method of Comparing the Areas under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves Derived from the Same Cases. JA Hanley BJ McNeil, Radiology 1983 148 839 843 6878708
13. Combining information from prognostic scoring tools for CAP: an American view on how to get the best of all worlds. MS Niederman C Feldman GA Richards, European Respiratory Journal 2006 27 9 11 10.1183/09031936.06.00130305 16387929
14. Interim guidance on diagnosis and management of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-associated Staphylococcal infections in the UK. C McCartney B Cookson D Dance C Day B Duerden T Elston A Kearns M Morgan, http://www.dh.gov.uk/ AboutUs/MinistersAndDepartmentLeaders/ChiefMedicalOfficer/Features/ FeaturesArticle/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4133761&chk=oW8s4w
15. Recognising severe pneumonia with simple clinical and biochemical measurements. A Kamath MC Pasteur MG Slade BDW Harrison, Clinical Medicine 2003 3 54 56 12617416
16. Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study. WS Lim MM van der Eerden R Laing WG Boersma N Karalus GI Town SA Lewis JT Macfarlane, Thorax 2003 58 377 382 10.1136/thorax.58.5.377 12728155
17. Incidence and significance of errors in a patient 'track and trigger' system during an epidemic of Legionnaires' disease: retrospective casenote analysis. AF Smith RJ Oakey, Anaesthesia 2006 61 222 228 10.1111/j.1365-2044. 2005.04513.x 16480345
18. Are we putting the CURB score into practice? D Owen T Shiner R Sivakumar C Hilton, BMJ 2006 332 1213 16710006 10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1213-a