BTS Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: CURB-65
Date Added:
August 28, 2018
Journal/Publication:
Thorax
Publisher:
British Thoracic Society
Publication Date:
September 24, 2009
Issue:
64
Pages:
iii1-iii55
Type:
Clinical Decision Aids
Format:
Article
DOI (1):
10.1136/thx.2009.121434
PMID (1):
19783532
Abstract
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guidelines for the management of Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in Adults was published in December 2001 and superseded Guidelines published in 1993. A web-based update of the 2001 Guidelines was published in 2004. The 2004 Guidelines assessed relevant evidence published up to August 2003.
This update represents a further assessment of published or available evidence from August 2003 to August 2008. An identical search strategy, assessment of relevance and appraisal of articles, and grading system was used.
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RPR Commentary
Evidence-Based Clinical decision tools for deciding where to manage patients with community-acquired pneumonia. CURB-65 includes BUN; CRB-65 does not.