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Determining need for hospitalisation: Evaluation of the utility of the CRB-65 score in patients with community-acquired pneumonia presenting to an emergency department

South African Medical Journal, Volume 104, No. 11, Year 2014

Background. The CRB-65 severity of illness score, used for assessing patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), may be of particular benefit in resource-constrained areas, since it relies purely on clinical parameters.

Kabundji, Dalton M.
1. South Africa, Johannesburg University of the Witwatersrand
Musekiwa, Alfred
1. South Africa, Johannesburg University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Mukansi, Murimisi
1. South Africa, Johannesburg University of the Witwatersrand
Feldman, Charles
1. South Africa, Johannesburg University of the Witwatersrand

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