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PNA Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Clinical Presen­tation

Cough +/- sputum
Shortness of breath
Fever, sweat, chills
Pleuritic chest pain
Tachypnea
Tachyc­ardia
 

Classi­fic­ation

Community acquired (CAP)
Onset of symptoms begins in outpatient or within 48hrs of hospital admission
Hospital acquired (HAP)
PNA not incubating at admission that occurs ≥48 hours after admission
Ventil­ato­r-a­sso­ciated (VAP)
Occurs >48hrs after endotr­acheal intubation
**Check for possible guideline updates in summer 2018
  

CURB-65 Score

Confusion
Disori­ent­ation to person, place, or time
1
Urea
BUN > 20 mg/dL
1
RR
>30 breath­s/min
1
Blood pressure
SBP <90mm or DBP <60
1
Age
> 65 years of age
1
0-1: Treat as outpatient
2: Treat as non-ICU inpatient
>3: Admit to ICU