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Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department The CURB-65 score estimates mortality risk for community-acquired pneumonia and helps guide inpatient versus outpatient treatment decisions The PSI PORT score estimates mortality for adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia The SMART-COP score predicts the need for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support in community-acquired pneumonia The DRIP score predicts risk for community
Calculated Decisions | Diagnosis and Management of Acute Exacerbations . . . The DECAF Score can be used in patients who have evidence of both pneumonia and COPD Better predictor of in-hospital mortality than CURB-65 in patients who have both pneumonia and an acute exacerbation of COPD Uses routinely available variables Variables from initial labs are used to calculate the score Requires eMRCD score, which may be difficult to obtain in patients with acute
Calculated Decisions POWERED BY - EB Medicine outcomes in COVID-19 patients While CURB-65 is considerably faster to compute, with fewer inputs, this advantage matters less in the age of e ectronic records and resources PSI PORT places a larger emphasis on age than CURB-65, assigning points by absolute age (ie, a 70-year-old gets 70 points), which seems more consistent with what we know
Novel Coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - COVID-19: An Update What Emergency . . . The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has raised serious concerns worldwide, particularly for emergency clinicians This overview reviews and links the most authoritative early research and provides all the contacts and resources that can keep you continuously updated on this outbreak Free for all subscribers
Managing ED Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock About This Issue With the various sepsis septic shock definitions, screening criteria, bundles, and CMS Quality Measures, it can be challenging to ensure that patients with suspected sepsis are being managed according to the best available evidence This issue reviews the evolution of sepsis management and evaluates the latest evidence on management of this potentially life-threatening
Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the ED: Diagnosis and Management How should risk stratification systems – CURB-65, PSI, SMART-COP, and ATS IDSA criteria – be used to determine treatment and disposition strategies? What are the current recommendations on administration of antibiotics for severe nonsevere CAP in and out of the hospital?
Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department (Infectious . . . Dr Ashoo is a practicing emergency physician, board-certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics Join him as he takes you through the February 2021 issue of Emergency Medicine Practice: Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department (Infectious Disease CME)
Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department Recommendations on risk stratification, imaging, testing, and drug therapies for CAP are evolving continuously This issue reviews the latest evidence on managing CAP in the ED