Derivation and Validation of a Novel Severity Scoring System for Pneumonia at Intensive Care Unit Admission.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Severity stratification scores developed in intensive care units (ICUs) are used in interventional studies to identify the most critically ill. Studies that evaluate accuracy of these scores in ICU patients admitted with pneumonia are lacking. This study aims to determine performance of severity scores as predictors of mortality in critically ill patients admitted with pneumonia.

Methods

Prospective cohort study in a general ICU in Brazil. ICU severity scores (Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3 [SAPS 3] and Sepsis-Related Organ Failure Assessment [qSOFA]), prognostic scores of pneumonia (CURB-65 [confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, age] and CRB-65 [confusion, respiratory rate, blood pressure, age]), and clinical and epidemiological variables in the

SUBMITTER: Carmo TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7958772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature