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This patient has 3/5 of the possible points for CURB-65. He is >65 years old, confused and has a respiratory rate of 32, giving him 3 points. A score of 1 gives a 3.2% chance of mortality.
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This patient has 3/5 of the possible points for CURB-65. He is >65 years old, confused and has a respiratory rate of 32, giving him 3 points. A score of 2 gives a 13% chance of mortality.
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This patient has 3/5 of the possible points for CURB-65. He is >65 years old, confused and has a respiratory rate of 32, giving him 3 points. A score of 5 gives a 57% chance of mortality.
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This patient has 3/5 of the possible points for CURB-65. He is >65 years old, confused and has a respiratory rate of 32, giving him 3 points. A score of 4 gives a 41.5% chance of morality.
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This patient is >65 years old, confused and has a respiratory rate of >30. This gives a score of 3. His blood pressure is above 90 systolic and above 60 diastolic and his urea is < 7 mmol/L. A score of 3 gives a 17% chance of mortality.
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Concept
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Pneumonia
Topic
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Respiratory
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A 76-year-old male patient presents to A&E as he is acutely confused, has a fever and reports pleuritic chest pain. His partner mentions he has been coughing up blood and 'green phlegm' over the last few days. On examination, he is tachypnoeic with a respiratory rate of 32 and a BP of 96/62. His urea was measured at 6.8 mmol/L (normal range 2.5-7.8 mmol/L).


Which of the following is this patient's CURB-65 score?
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