doyoudig
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| sprint123
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Few of those pop up in my mind now!
*Po2<70 or oxygen saturation < 95%
*Severe infection with high fever,CBC with lots of neutrophils,tachypnea,tachycardia
Any more?
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| NE
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I can not memorize , anyway!
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Pneumonia criteria.doc (59 KB, 26 downloads)
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| sprint123
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Thanks NE!Should we have to go through this for the exam?
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| ram3
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Also in hospital treatment for those 65 years of age or older and in those with comorbidity for
example alcoholism copd diabetes malnutrition immunosupresion
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| prathapdoctor
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Simplest criteria to admit a patient with pneumonia
a. confusion.
b. RR more than 30 per min.
c. diastolic BP less than 60
d. Systolic BP less than 90.
e. blood urea more than 7 mmol per liter.
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| WaleedBadr
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The latter is called CURB criteria, widely used in the UK.
C=Confusioin
U=Urea
R=Resp. rate.
B=B.P.
A score of 1 is given for each factor and a score of 2 or more indicates a SEVERE pneumonia.
Other factoprs used in conjunction for clinical judegment:
Age, Co-morbidities, bilateral/multilobular involvement, PaO2 and Sats.
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