Severity assessment for lower respiratory tract infections: Potential use and validity of the CRB-65 in primary care

Primary Care Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-70

  Francis, Nick A ^a   Cals, Jochen W ^b   Butler, Christopher C ^a   Hood, Kerenza ^a   Verheij, Theo ^c   Little, Paul ^d   Goossens, Herman ^e   Coenen, Samuel ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cough; CRB 65; Lower respiratory tract infections; Primary health care; Prognosis; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRB 65 SCORE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY RATE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84857947338     PISSN: 14714418     EISSN: 14751534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4104/pcrj.2011.00083     Document Type: Article

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