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Pulmonology

a severity score for community-acquired pneumonia based on confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure and age 65 or older.

In pulmonology, CURB-65 refers to a severity score for community-acquired pneumonia based on confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure and age 65 or older. This meaning comes from Lim (2003) in Thorax.[1]

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References

Lim, W. S., van der Eerden, M. M., Laing, R., Boersma, W. G., Karalus, N., Town, G. I., Lewis, S. A., & Macfarlane, J. T. (2003). Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study. Thorax, 58(5), 377-382. https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax.58.5.377

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