Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Health Quality Ontario. Severity assessment tools for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a rapid review. Toronto: Health Quality Ontario (HQO). Rapid Review. 2013 Authors' objectives This rapid review aims to determine which severity assessment tool is the most accurate for patients with
community-acquired pneumonia.
Authors' conclusions Based on very low quality of evidence, the systematic reviews evaluating the performance of PSI, CURB-65 and CRB-65 as severity assessment tools for patients with community-acquired pneumonia reached the following conclusions:
The diagnostic odds ratios for the prediction of ICU admission and prediction of death are not significantly different between PSI, CURB-65, and CRB-65.
PSI had a higher sensitivity and lower specificity compared to both CURB-65 and CRB-65 for the prediction of ICU admission and prediction of death. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Community-Acquired Infections; Humans; Pneumonia; Severity of Illness Index Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5 Email: EDSinfo@hqontario.ca AccessionNumber 32014001052 Date abstract record published 09/09/2014 |