Article: New CAP decision-support tool for PDAs introduced.

Article: CURB-65, pneumonia severity index and apache ...
Southern African Journal of Critical Care;  August 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... comprised 35.6% of the PROWESS study and 33.1% of the placebo arm. We investigated the use of CURB-65, the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) and APACHE II prediction scores to identify the CAP population from the PROWESS placebo arm at the greatest ...

Article: Pneumonia Severity Scoring System.(Brief ...
Family Practice News;  January 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Dr. Mylotte said. The scoring system needs validation in other patient populations, he cautioned. Assessing Pneumonia Severity In Nursing Home Residents Sign or Symptom Points [*] Respiratory rate [greater than] 30 breaths/min 2 Pulse ...

Article: Mycoplasma may raise pneumonia severity; DDGS ...
Feedstuffs;  June 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Respiratory disease, particularly pneumonia, is one of the most common and serious disease problems affecting beef cattle. According to J.C. Nietfeld and T. Yeary of the department of diagnostic medicine/pathobiology at Kansas State University, in a presentation at the 2002 Kansas State Cattlemen's

Article: Assessment tool offers insight into pneumonia ...
Internal Medicine News;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...CHICAGO -- A simple severity-assessment tool for community-acquired pneumonia accurately identified patients needing intensive respiratory or inotropic support in a 7,464-patient, multicenter validation study. SMART-COP was developed as part of the Australian Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)

Article: Reports outline community-acquired study results from J.D. ...
Biotech Week;  June 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... illness severity, both CURB65 and the Pneumonia Severity Index (Pneumonia Severity Index class) were calculated. Our primary ... and 81.3% of these patients were in Pneumonia Severity Index class I to III. A D-dimer level of ...

Article: Addiction Severity Index (ASI)
Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior;      700+ words ...ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX (ASI) This is a semistructured ... abuse problems. The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) provides a general overview ... Also, a T-ASI (Teen-Addiction Severity Index) has been developed to help adolescents ...

Article: A Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index
Journal of Climate;  June 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) has been used for more ... calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (SC-PDSI) is presented and ... Introduction The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) (Palmer 1965) was ...