CRB-65

0: Low risk pneumonia (1% mortality)
1: Low risk pneumonia (3% mortality)
2: Moderate risk pneumonia (8% mortality)
3: Moderate / high risk pneumonia (20% mortality)
4 - 5: High risk pneumonia (30% mortality)

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CRB-65 is a modified version of the CURB-65 tool for assessing severity of community-acquired pneumonia, and determining whether the patient requires inpatient or outpatient treatment. CRB-65 removes BUN from the criteria, with no difference in predictability.