Predicting death in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective validation study reevaluating the CRB-65 severity assessment tool

Arch Intern Med. 2008 Jul 14;168(13):1465-8. doi: 10.1001/archinte.168.13.1465.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cause of Death*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis
  • Community-Acquired Infections / mortality
  • Community-Acquired Infections / therapy
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Female
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Netherlands
  • Pneumonia / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia / mortality*
  • Pneumonia / therapy
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Primary Health Care / standards
  • Primary Health Care / trends
  • Probability
  • Prognosis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index*
  • Survival Analysis
  • Validation Studies as Topic