Improving Discrimination in Predicting Level of Care Needed for Patients Admitted with Pneumonia
Our risk stratification tool is calculable with information available in the electronic medical record of most hospitals. The new score was much better able to predict the outcomes of in-hospital mortality and escalation of care among patients admitted for pneumonia, compared to CURB-65.
Authors
- Gideon Leibner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3055-2666)
- David Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4637-5145)
- Shuli Brammli‐Greenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2803-6019)
- Nechama Kaufman
- Yaakov Esayag
- Adam J. Rose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-6155)
Institutions
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
- Clalit Health Services (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of General Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-025-09610-7
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35
Funders
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research