CURB-65 score

Patients with a CURB-65 score of 3 or more should be managed as severe community-acquired pneumonia with appropriate antibiotics, whereas those with a CURB-65 score of 2 or less should be managed as non-severe community-acquired pneumonia. 

The serum urea result puts Mrs CP s CURB-65 score at 3, indicating a severe community-acquired pneumonia. 

Several scoring systems are available for assessing the severity of the pneumonia the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI), Confusion, Urea, Respiratory Rate, and Blood Pressure (CURB), and CURB-65 (those 65 years and older).9,24 Some... 

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