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

Eur Respir J. 2006 Jun;27(6):1321-2. doi: 10.1183/09031936.06.00019106.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Community-Acquired Infections / classification
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / mortality
  • Confusion / diagnosis
  • Confusion / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / classification
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / mortality
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Severity of Illness Index*
  • Urea / blood*

Substances

  • Urea