Several criteria have been studied to assess the severity, prognosis, and need for hospital admission among patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Of those, the pneumonia severity index (PSI), the CURB65, and the IDSA/ATS criteria for severe CAP are among the more widely employed diagnostic/prognostic schemes.
Community-acquired pneumonia diagnostic criteria
Hospital-acquired pneumonia diagnostic criteria
Pneumonia diagnostic criteria
Aspiration pneumonia classification
Community-acquired pneumonia severity criteria
Hospital-acquired pneumonia laboratory findings
Community-acquired pneumonia laboratory findings
Acute respiratory distress syndrome classification