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Key clinical point: Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) and the confusion, urea, respiratory rate, and blood pressure (CURB)-65 score are as effective at predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with SARS-CoV-2 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) as they are in those with non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP.
Main finding: The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in patients with SARS-CoV-2 CAP and non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP for PSI was 0.82 (95% Bayesian credible interval [bCI] 0.78-0.86) and 0.79 (95% bCI 0.77-0.80) and that for CURB-65 was 0.79 (95% bCI 0.75-0.84) and 0.75 (95% bCI 0.73-0.77), respectively.
Study details: This was a secondary analysis of 8,081 patients from 2 population-based cohort studies, each of which included adults hospitalized for either SARS-CoV-2 CAP or non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP.
Disclosures: The study was supported by the Center for Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville. None of the authors declared any potential conflict of interests.
Source: Bradley J et al. Chest. 2021 (Nov 2). Doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.10.031.
Key clinical point: Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) and the confusion, urea, respiratory rate, and blood pressure (CURB)-65 score are as effective at predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with SARS-CoV-2 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) as they are in those with non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP.
Main finding: The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in patients with SARS-CoV-2 CAP and non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP for PSI was 0.82 (95% Bayesian credible interval [bCI] 0.78-0.86) and 0.79 (95% bCI 0.77-0.80) and that for CURB-65 was 0.79 (95% bCI 0.75-0.84) and 0.75 (95% bCI 0.73-0.77), respectively.
Study details: This was a secondary analysis of 8,081 patients from 2 population-based cohort studies, each of which included adults hospitalized for either SARS-CoV-2 CAP or non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP.
Disclosures: The study was supported by the Center for Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville. None of the authors declared any potential conflict of interests.
Source: Bradley J et al. Chest. 2021 (Nov 2). Doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.10.031.
Key clinical point: Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) and the confusion, urea, respiratory rate, and blood pressure (CURB)-65 score are as effective at predicting in-hospital mortality in patients with SARS-CoV-2 community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) as they are in those with non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP.
Main finding: The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in patients with SARS-CoV-2 CAP and non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP for PSI was 0.82 (95% Bayesian credible interval [bCI] 0.78-0.86) and 0.79 (95% bCI 0.77-0.80) and that for CURB-65 was 0.79 (95% bCI 0.75-0.84) and 0.75 (95% bCI 0.73-0.77), respectively.
Study details: This was a secondary analysis of 8,081 patients from 2 population-based cohort studies, each of which included adults hospitalized for either SARS-CoV-2 CAP or non-SARS-CoV-2 CAP.
Disclosures: The study was supported by the Center for Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville. None of the authors declared any potential conflict of interests.
Source: Bradley J et al. Chest. 2021 (Nov 2). Doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.10.031.