A 68-year-old woman presents with fever, pleuritic chest pain and cough producing rusty sputum. CURB-65 score is 2. Oxygen saturation is 94% on air. W...

Question

A 68-year-old woman presents with fever, pleuritic chest pain and cough producing rusty sputum. CURB-65 score is 2. Oxygen saturation is 94% on air. What is the most appropriate management setting according to guidelines?

Accepted Answer

Admission to hospital for intravenous or oral antibiotics and close observation

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Home treatment with oral antibiotics and routine GP follow-up

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Immediate ITU admission for ventilatory support

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No antibiotics unless sputum culture is available

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Outpatient steroids without antibiotics

uk-plab-1 MCQ (SBA): Community-acquired pneumonia

A 68-year-old woman presents with fever, pleuritic chest pain and cough producing rusty sputum. CURB-65 score is 2. Oxygen saturation is 94% on air. What is the most appropriate management setting according to guidelines?