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- Title
The CURB (confusion, urea, respiratory rate and blood pressure) criteria in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalised elderly patients aged 65 years and over: a prospective observational cohort study.
- Authors
Myint, P. K.; Kamath, A. V.; Vowler, S. L.; Maisey, D. N.; Harrison, B. D. W.
- Abstract
Presents information on a study which evaluated the usefulness of confusion, urea, respiratory rate and blood pressure (CURB) criteria in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalized older adults. Factors that can influence the presence and absence of clinical and laboratory markers of severe pneumonia; Association of CURB rule with death; Limitations of the study.
- Subjects
PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL screening; DISEASES in older people; HOSPITAL patients
- Publication
Age & Ageing, 2005, Vol 34, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
0002-0729
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ageing/afh234