Severity assessment tools for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a rapid review
Health Quality Ontario
Record ID 32014001052
English
Authors' objectives:
This rapid review aims to determine which severity assessment tool is the most accurate for patients with
community-acquired pneumonia.
Authors' recommendations:
Based on very low quality of evidence, the systematic reviews evaluating the performance of PSI, CURB-65 and CRB-65 as severity assessment tools for patients with community-acquired pneumonia reached the following conclusions:
The diagnostic odds ratios for the prediction of ICU admission and prediction of death are not significantly different between PSI, CURB-65, and CRB-65.
PSI had a higher sensitivity and lower specificity compared to both CURB-65 and CRB-65 for the prediction of ICU admission and prediction of death.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2013
URL for published report:
http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/Documents/eds/rapid-reviews/pneumonia-severity-assessment-tools-131120-en.pdf
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Canada
MeSH Terms
- Humans
- Severity of Illness Index
- Community-Acquired Infections
- Pneumonia
Contact
Organisation Name:
Health Quality Ontario
Contact Address:
Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5
Contact Name:
EDSinfo@hqontario.ca
Contact Email:
OH-HQO_hta-reg@ontariohealth.ca
Copyright:
Health Quality Ontario
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