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. 2019 Jan 8;8(1):61. doi: 10.3390/jcm8010061
First Author (Year) Chen YX (2016) [21]
Title Use of CRB-65 and quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment to predict site of care and mortality in pneumonia patients in the emergency department: A retrospective study
Journal Critical Care
Reviewer RL, KH, LL, MB, CG
Study sponsor No information provided
Study type Prospectively Collected Data Retrospective Cohort (January 2012–May 2014)
Location Beijing, China
Participants
  • Number

  • Male/Female

  • Median age (IQR)

  • Patient group


1769 identified, 1641 analyzed
59% male
73 (62–79)
ED patients with new infiltrates on chest radiograph and two or more symptoms consistent with pneumonia (including cough, dyspnea, fever, sputum production, breathlessness, and/or pleuritic chest pain)
qSOFA criteria Respiratory rate ≥22/minute, altered mentation (Glasgow Coma Scale score ≤13) and systolic blood pressure ≤100 mmHg.
Primary outcome
Other outcomes
All-cause mortality at 28 days
Hospitalization and ICU admission
Results 28 day mortality qSOFA AUC 0.655 (0.626–0.683)
Note Ethics for current study not stated