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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2016 Aug;34(3):501–522. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2016.04.005

Table 3.

CURB-65 Score

Assign 1 point for each of the following elements present:

  • Confusion (new disorientation to person, place, or time or based on specific mental status test)

  • Uremia (BUN >7 mmol/L or 20 mg/dL)

  • Respiratory rate (≥30 breaths/minute)

  • Blood pressure (SBP <90 mmHg or DBP <60 mmgHg)

  • Age >65 years

Total 30-day mortality risk Treatment options
0 or 1 Low Outpatient therapy appropriate
2 Moderate Consider hospitalization
≥3 High Hospitalization, consider intensive care unit

Adapted from Lim WS, van der Eerden MM, Laing R, et al. Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study. Thorax. 2003;58(5):377–382; with permission.