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Table 2 Outcome measures by CURB-65 and PMEWS score

From: Physiological-social score (PMEWS) vs. CURB-65 to triage pandemic influenza: a comparative validation study using community-acquired pneumonia as a proxy

  

Outcome 1: Admission n = 241

Outcome 2: ICU (level 3) or HDU (level 2) care n = 144

Outcome 3: Mortality n = 186

  

Admitted

Not admitted

Level 2/3 care

Level 0/1 care

Death

Survival

CURB-65

0

16

53

0

12

0

15

 

1

40

19

5

35

2

44

 

2

42

5

12

30

9

39

 

3

39

0

15

19

13

34

 

4

23

0

2

12

15

11

 

5

4

0

0

2

3

1

PMEWS

0

1

20

0

2

0

2

 

1

1

22

0

7

0

7

 

2

8

13

1

9

0

11

 

3

12

12

0

18

3

19

 

4

16

6

2

13

5

12

 

5

20

3

1

21

5

26

 

6

15

1

4

11

5

15

 

7

24

0

4

14

5

17

 

8

14

0

4

7

3

11

 

9

16

0

8

3

7

9

 

10

13

0

6

2

3

8

 

11

9

0

1

1

3

2

 

12

5

0

1

1

2

2

 

13

3

0

0

1

0

1

 

14

2

0

1

0

1

1

 

15

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

17

1

0

1

0

0

1

 

24

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

NR

2

0

    
  1. NR: not recorded