Is it time to rethink the urea criterion in CURB-65?

A V Kamath; P K Myint; S L Vowler; B D W Harrison

doi:10.1183/09031936.06.00019106

Is it time to rethink the urea criterion in CURB-65?

A V Kamath, P K Myint, S L Vowler, B D W Harrison

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1321-1322
Number of pages	2
Journal	European Respiratory Journal
Volume	27
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.06.00019106
Publication status	Published - Jun 2006

Keywords

age factors
aged
blood pressure
cohort studies
community-acquired infections
confusion
female
humans
male
pneumonia, bacterial
respiratory function tests
sensitivity and specificity
severity of illness index
urea

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