A 58-year-old man presents to clinic with cough and fever for 3 days. Chest radiograph confirms a new lobar infiltrate consistent with community-acqui...

Question

A 58-year-old man presents to clinic with cough and fever for 3 days. Chest radiograph confirms a new lobar infiltrate consistent with community-acquired pneumonia. He is hemodynamically stable and not hypoxic. You are deciding on inpatient versus outpatient treatment. Which of the following is the preferred validated decision support tool to guide site-of-care decisions in immunocompetent adults with CAP?

Accepted Answer

The Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)

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A CURB-65 score only

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Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score

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Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

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Charlson Comorbidity Index

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Community-Acquired Pneumonia