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CURB-65
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English
Etymology
en confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, 65 years.
Noun
- CURB-65
en medicine A severity score validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia, often used to determine the need for hospital admission. It comprises five risk factors: confusion of new onset; blood urea nitrogen > 7 mmol/L; respiratory rate ≥ 30/minute; systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≤ 60 mmHg; age ≥ 65 years.