A predictive model for the treatment approach to community-acquired pneumonia in patients needing ICU admission

CURB-65 and SMRT-CO in the prediction of

CURB-65 and SMRT-CO in the prediction of early transfers to the intensive care unit among patients with community-acquired pneumonia initially admitted to a general ward

✍ Moises A. Huaman; Alicia Diaz-Kuan; Sara Hegab; Indira Brar; Scott Kaatz 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 145 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: No study has assessed the ability of pneumonia severity scores to identify the risk for early intensive care unit (ICU) transfer in patients with community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted to general wards (GW). We aimed to compare the ability of CURB‐65 (confusion, ure