CURB-65 and SMRT-CO in the prediction of
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Moises A. Huaman; Alicia Diaz-Kuan; Sara Hegab; Indira Brar; Scott Kaatz
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## 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