Clinical reference
Pulmonology · Disease Severity
Severity assessment tool for community-acquired pneumonia.
Formula or scoring rule as stored in YMed Atlas (verify against references before clinical use):
Sum of present criteria (1 point each)
{
"age": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "Age ≥ 65",
"points": 1
},
"urea": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "Blood Urea > 7 mmol/L",
"points": 1
},
"confusion": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "Confusion",
"points": 1
},
"bloodPressure": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "BP < 90 systolic or ≤ 60 diastolic",
"points": 1
},
"respiratoryRate": {
"type": "boolean",
"label": "Respiratory Rate ≥ 30/min",
"points": 1
}
}