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Performance of CURB-65 and CURB-age in community-acquired pneumonia
被引:22
作者:
Myint, P. K.
[1
]
Sankaran, P.
[2
]
Musonda, P.
[1
]
Subramanian, D. N.
[3
]
Ruffell, H.
[4
]
Smith, A. C.
[5
]
Prentice, P.
[6
]
Tariq, S. M.
[7
]
Kamath, A. V.
[8
]
机构:
[1] Univ E Anglia, Sch Med Hlth Policy & Practice, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England
[2] James Paget Univ Hosp, Dept Med, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
[3] Canberra Hosp, ACT Hlth, Garran, ACT, Australia
[4] Princess Royal Hosp, Telford TF6 6TF, Shrops, England
[5] Lister Hosp, Stevenage, Herts, England
[6] Whittington Hosp, London N19 5NF, England
[7] Queen Elizabeth Hosp, Dept Med, Kings Lynn, England
[8] Norfolk & Norwich Univ Hosp, Dept Resp Med, Norwich, Norfolk, England
关键词:
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN;
PREDICTION RULES;
RESPIRATORY RATE;
BLOOD-PRESSURE;
SEVERITY;
CAP;
PROCALCITONIN;
MANAGEMENT;
PROGNOSIS;
CRITERIA;
D O I:
10.1111/j.1742-1241.2009.02147.x
中图分类号:
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号:
1002 ;
100201 ;
摘要:
Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is common and associated with significant mortality. In this study, we validated a newly proposed severity assessment rule for CAP, CURB-age, and also compared with to the currently recommended criteria in UK, CURB-65. Methods: We conducted a prospective study in three hospitals in Norfolk and Suffolk, UK. One hundred and ninety patients were included and followed up for 6 weeks. Results: Of 190 patients, 100 were men (53%). The age range was 18-101 years (median 76 years). Sixty-five (34%) had severe pneumonia by CURB-65 and 54 (28%) had severe pneumonia by CURB-age. There were 54 deaths during follow-up. There were 32 deaths (50%) in severe and 22 deaths (18%) in non-severe group by CURB-65. There were 27 deaths each in both the groups by CURB-age (50% of severe cases and 20% of non-severe cases). For CURB-65, sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were 59.3% (45.0-72.4), 75.7% (67.6-82.7), 49.2% (36.6-61.9) and 82.4% (74.6-88.6), respectively. For CURB-age, the respective values were 50.0% (31.1-63.9), 80.1% (72.4-86.5), 50.0% (36.1-63.9) and 80.1% (72.4-86.5). Exclusion of patients aged < 65 years did not alter the results. Conclusions: Despite better specificity in correctly identifying 6-week mortality for CAP, CURB-age appears to be less sensitive than CURB-65. Our findings further assure the usefulness of CURB-65 for predicting mortality in CAP.
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页码:1345 / 1350
页数:6
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