The definition and classification of pneumonia, both severe and nonsevere, is a wellrecognised challenge. The smart cop score underestimates the severity of pneumonia in tropical northern australia, but can be improved by using locally relevant additions. The aim of this study was to compare the ability of curb65, pneumonia severity index and smart cop systems to predict 30day mortality and the need for intensive respiratory and vasopressor support ivrs. Comparison of curb65, pneumonia severity index and smartcop in. Smart cop tool for assessing severity of community acquired pneumonia cap in.
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Smartcop a mnemonic scale assessing the risk of a patient with pneumonia requiring icu admission and respiratory support based on clinical findings at. Pneumonia risk stratification in tropical australia. Validity of smartcop score in prognosis and severity of. Request pdf validity of smartcop score in prognosis and. The eight smartcop criteria and the nine 2007 idsaats minor criteria. Additional file 1 is a table providing a comparison of demographics and. Smart cop is a simple, practical clinical tool for accurately predicting the. In australia curb and smart cop are the most commonly used, however you will also see curb65 and psi referred to in the literature. The smartcop score for pneumonia severity predicts need for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support in communityacquired pneumonia. Smartcop score for patients admitted with communityacquired. Smart cop pneumonia pdf existing severity assessment tools, such as the pneumonia severity index psi and.
Pdf pneumonia risk stratification in tropical australia. Smartcop score for patients admitted with communityacquired pneumonia cap to an icu in a district general hospital. Diagnosis and treatment of adults with communityacquired. Free and easy to use online tool for visual pdf document cropping changing canvas size. Smart cop tool for assessing severity of communityacquired pneumonia cap in adults 50 years old or less more than 50 years old s systolic bp less than 90 mm hg 2 points m multilobar cxr involvement 1 point a albumin less than 35 gl 1 point r respiratory rate 25 brmin or more 1 point t tachycardia 125 bpm or more c confusion acute o. The recent article by davis and colleagues reported that the smart cop score underestimates the severity of pneumonia in tropical northern australia, but can be improved by using locally relevant additions. Includes ageadjusted cutoffs for respiratory rate and oxygen levels, but otherwise does not explicitly include. Heres the guide on how to crop a pdf with pdf candy. The smartcop score for pneumonia severity was developed to identify patients at increased risk for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support irvs. It is important not to use these scores in isolation as none of these are 100% sensitive. Can help stratify which patients need icu admission. A tool for predicting the need for intensive respiratory or vasopressor support in community. For both types of pneumonia there is variation in care and areas of. This guideline addresses the clinical entity of pneumonia that is acquired outside of the.