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The patient has a score of 1 as he is over the age of 65.

Patients with a score of 3 or more have a mortality of >15% and should be admitted to ICU and monitored closely.
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The patient scores 1 point for his age.
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The patient has a score of 1 as he is over the age of 65.

Patients with a score of 2 have an intermediate risk (mortality 3-15%) and should be treated as an inpatient.
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c
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There are only 5 features that are scored 1 point on the CURB- 65 scores.

Therefore, you can only score 0-5 on this assessment tool.
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CURB65 stands for:

> Confusion
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> Urea > 7mg/dL
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> Respiratory Rate > 30 breaths per minute
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> Blood pressure <90mmHg systolic or <60mmHg diastolic
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> Age > 65 years old
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Each of these features scores 1. The patient is orientated and not confused, urea is normal and under 7, respiratory rate is slightly raised but under 30, blood pressure is normal and the patient is over 65.

Therefore the patient only scores 1 point for 65.

scores 0-1 have a low risk of mortality (<3%) and are treated as an outpatient. However, clinical judgement can overrule this decision and the patient can be treated as an inpatient.
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Concept
Chapter
2693
4450
Pneumonia (infectious disease)
Topic
132
Respiratory
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A 66 year old male is diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) based on the clinical features and consolidation on chest X-ray.

On examination, he is orientated to time and place. He has a temperature of 37.8, respiratory rate of 22, blood pressure of 120/90 and oxygen saturation of 93%.

Blood tests show a raised CRP, and urea of 5.

What is her CURB-65 score?
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