Open Access<p>Management Of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Observational Study In UK Primary Care</p>
Author(s) -
Naomi Launders,
Dermot Ryan,
Christopher C Winchester,
Derek Skinner,
Priyanka Raju Konduru,
David Price
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pragmatic and observational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-7266
DOI - 10.2147/por.s211198
Subject(s) - observational study , community acquired pneumonia , primary care , pneumonia , medicine , intensive care medicine , family medicine
In primary care, initial diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is made on clinical judgment without radiological confirmation or knowledge of the causative organism. Use of CRB65 score has been recommended for assessing the severity of CAP and thereby determining clinical management, but it is not known how frequently these scores are used in primary care.