Assessing severity using the CURB65 score
Step 3 of the All Wales Secondary Care Community Acquired Pneumonia Guideline focuses on the categorisation of a patient according to the CURB65 score; low severity, moderate severity, high severity.
Assessing severity using the CURB65 score
Step 3 of the All Wales Secondary Care Community Acquired Pneumonia Guideline focuses on the categorisation of a patient according to the CURB65 score; low severity, moderate severity, high severity.
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The All Wales Secondary Care Community Acquired Pneumonia Guideline
This National Guideline has been developed for secondary care in Wales. The guideline is broken down into 5 simple steps, with a heavy emphasis on not just the antibiotic choices, but making sure we are checking the diagnosis of pneumonia, assessing severity and considering co-morbidities.