Research Article
Inpatient Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonias with Integrative Medicine
Table 1
Point scoring system by Fine et al. [
32] to assign the different risk classes of PSI.
| Demographics | Points assigned |
| If male | +Age (yr) | If female | +Age (yr) − 10 | Nursing home resident | +10 | Comorbidity | | Neoplastic disease | +30 | Liver disease | +20 | Congestive heart failure | +10 | Cerebrovascular disease | +10 | Renal disease | +10 | Physical exam findings | | Altered mental status | +20 | Pulse ≥ 125/minute | +20 | Respiratory rate > 30/minute | +20 | Systolic blood pressure < 90mm Hg | +15 | Temperature < 35°C or ≥40°C | +10 | Lab and radiographic findings | | Arterial pH < 7.35 | +30 | Blood urea nitrogen ≥ 30 mg/dL (9 mmol/liter) | +20 | Sodium < 130 mmol/liter | +20 | Glucose ≥ 250 mg/dL (14 mmol/liter) | +10 | Hematocrit < 30% | +10 | Partial pressure of arterial O2 < 60 mm Hg | +10 | Pleural effusion | +10 |
| ∑ <70 = risk class II | | ∑ 71–90 = risk class III | | ∑ 91–130 = risk class IV | | ∑ >130 = risk class V | |
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