Community Acquired Pneumonia Score - Medical Algorithm

Are you evaluating a patient with community-acquired pneumonia?

Yes

Age of the patient

years

Does the patient have a history of?

• alcoholism?

Yes

• heart disease?

Yes

• lung disease?

Yes

• liver disease?

Yes

• renal disease?

Yes

• diabetes mellitus?

Yes

• malnutrition?

Yes

• malignant disease?

Yes

• other disease causing compromised immune response?

Yes

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Respiratory rate

breaths per minute

PaO2 on 40% FIO2

Central venous pressure

cm H2O

Does the patient have prerenal azotemia?

Yes

Serum bicarbonate

Serum albumin

Are any other liver function tests abnormal?

Yes

Extent of pneumonia

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of risk factors for poor prognosis

Number of findings suggesting clinical septicemia

Total severity score

Should the patient be managed in the ICU?

Caution: A qualified health practitioner should verify all results.
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Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Scoring System for Grading Severity of Community Acquired Pneumonia

Purpose: To evaluate the severity of community-acquired pneumonia in a patient using the scoring system of van Eeden et al.