Respiratory General Medicine Emergency Medicine Strong — NICE-recommended CAP severity score for community use
CRB-65 Score for Community Pneumonia
Simplified pneumonia severity score not requiring urea measurement. Used in community and primary care settings to guide admission decisions in CAP.
References
- Lim WS, et al. Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital. Thorax. 2003;58(5):377–382.
- NICE CG191. Pneumonia (community-acquired): diagnosis and management. 2014 (updated 2019).
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Calculators
- Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI/PORT) · Pneumonia
- SMART-COP Score for Pneumonia Severity · Pneumonia
- CURB-65 Score for Community-Acquired Pneumonia · Pneumonia
- MuLBSTA Score for Viral Pneumonia Mortality · Pneumonia
- DRIP Score for Drug-Resistant Pneumonia · Pneumonia
- SCAP Score for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia · Pneumonia
Drugs
- Lefamulin · Pleuromutilin Antibiotic (Community-Acquired Pneumonia)
- Ceftriaxone (Paediatric) · Third-Generation Cephalosporin — Meningitis / Sepsis / Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Amoxicillin · Antibiotic — Community-Acquired Pneumonia
- Obeticholic Acid · FXR Agonist (Primary Biliary Cholangitis)
- Ertapenem · Carbapenem — ESBL / Complicated Intra-Abdominal / Community OPAT
- Sodium hyaluronate · Ocular lubricant (hyaluronic acid)
Pathways
Same specialty
- Acute Asthma in Adults · BTS/SIGN British Guideline on Asthma 2019; NICE NG80
- Pulmonary Embolism Assessment · NICE NG158; ESC 2019 PE Guidelines
- COPD Exacerbation Management · NICE NG115 / GOLD 2024
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CURB-65) · BTS 2009 / NICE NG138
- Acute Pulmonary Embolism · BTS 2003 / ESC 2019
Decision support only — verify against MDCalc, NICE, or your local guideline before clinical use.