External validation of the CURSI criteria (confusion, urea, respiratory rate and shock index) in adults hospitalised for community-acquired pneumonia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nüllmann, Harald ^a   Pflug, Marc Andre ^a   Wesemann, Thomas ^a   Heppner, Hans Jürgen ^b   Pientka, Ludger ^a   Thiem, Ulrich ^a,c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; CRB 65; CURB 65; CURSI; Elderly; Inpatients; Mortality; Pneumonia severity; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION UREA RESPIRATORY RATE AND SHOCK INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRB 65 SCORE; CURB 65 SCORE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; BREATHING RATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CONFUSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; UREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892646728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-39     Document Type: Article

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