PT -期刊文章盟Choudhury g . AU - Chalmers, J.D. AU - Mandal, P. AU - Akram, A.R. AU - Murray, M.P. AU - Short, P. AU - Singanayagam, A. AU - Hill, A.T. TI - Physician judgement is a crucial adjunct to pneumonia severity scores in low-risk patients AID - 10.1183/09031936.00172910 DP - 2011 Sep 01 TA - European Respiratory Journal PG - 643--648 VI - 38 IP - 3 4099 - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/38/3/643.short 4100 - //www.qdcxjkg.com/content/38/3/643.full SO - Eur Respir J2011 Sep 01; 38 AB - This study investigates the reasons for hospitalisation in patients with low-risk (CURB-65 score 0–1) community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), with a view to identifying the potential for improving outpatient management. As part of a prospective observational study of CAP, we evaluated reasons for hospitalisation in these low-risk patients. 565 patients had low-risk CAP and 420 of these were admitted (for >12 h). 39.3% had additional markers of severity justifying admission, 29.5% of the admissions were required for further management that could not be provided rapidly in the community, 11.9% had unsafe social circumstances and 19.3% had no clinical reason justifying hospitalisation. 30-day mortality was increased in patients with additional severity markers (6.7%), which was significantly higher compared with 0% for patients awaiting investigations (p=0.009) and 0% without a clear indication for hospitalisation (p=0.04). In a logistic regression analysis, parameters associated with 30-day mortality were chronic cardiac comorbidity (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 5.73, 95% CI 1.52–21.6; p=0.01), acidosis (aOR 5.14, 95% CI 1.44–18.3; p=0.01), hypoxia (aOR 9.86, 95% CI 2.39–40.7; p=0.002) and multilobar chest radiograph shadowing (aOR 4.54, 95% CI 1.21–17.1; p=0.03). This study supports recommendations from international guidelines that pneumonia severity scores should be used as an adjunct to clinical judgement, when deciding on hospitalisation.