Predicting the need for critical care intervention in community acquired pneumonia

We have greatly enjoyed reading the recently published article by Ehsanpoor and colleagues [1]. In this prospective study 143 patients with clinical suspicion of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), were enrolled. The authors found that SMART-COP score  ≥ 5 had a high sensitivity and specificity in the prediction of patients' prognosis with severe CAP.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - November 6, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Funda Sungur Biteker, O ğuzhan Çelik, Cem Çil, Eda Özlek, Bülent Özlek, Aysel Gökçek, Volkan Doğan Source Type: research