Severity assessment in community-acquired pneumonia: a review

Severity assessment is an important early step in the management of patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia. Various pneumonia-specific scores, generic sepsis scores and predictive biomarkers have been proposed as tools to aid clinicians in key management decisions. However, there is n...

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Published in:QJM : An International Journal of Medicine 2009-06, Vol.102 (6), p.379-388
Main Authors: Singanayagam, A., Chalmers, J.D., Hill, A.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Area Under Curve
Biological and medical sciences
Biomarkers
Community-Acquired Infections - diagnosis
Community-Acquired Infections - mortality
General aspects
Humans
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pneumonia - diagnosis
Pneumonia - mortality
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
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Summary:Severity assessment is an important early step in the management of patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia. Various pneumonia-specific scores, generic sepsis scores and predictive biomarkers have been proposed as tools to aid clinicians in key management decisions. However, there is no uniform agreement about the optimum severity assessment tool to use. This review provides a summary of current evidence surrounding severity assessment in adult patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia.
ISSN:1460-2725
1460-2393
DOI:10.1093/qjmed/hcp027