Performance of CURB-65 in predicting mortality of patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Saudi Arabia | Zendy

Jaffar A. AlTawfiq | Zendy; Michael Diamond | Zendy; Diamond Joy | Zendy; Kareem Hinedi | Zendy

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Performance of CURB-65 in predicting mortality of patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Jaffar A. AlTawfiq,

Michael Diamond,

Diamond Joy,

Kareem Hinedi

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9585

Subject(s) - medicine , community acquired pneumonia , pneumonia , pneumonia severity index , mortality rate , retrospective cohort study , medical record , pediatrics

Various objective scoring systems were developed to standardize the approach to the designation of severity of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). There is limited data on the use of CURB-65 among admitted CAP patients in Saudi Arabia. METHODOLOGY: The retrospective study included CAP patients, admitted to a general hospital in Eastern Saudi Arabia. The CURB-65 was extracted from the available medical records.

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