Predicting Bacteremia in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia?

Yes

Does the patient have ...

• a history of prior antibiotic use?

Yes

• pleuritic chest pain?

Yes

• chronic liver disease?

Yes

Heart rate

beats per minute

Respiratory rate

breaths per minute

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

Is the patient at increased risk for bacteremia?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
Other Testing
- Decision Rule to Identify Patient Who Should Have a Blood Culture
Criteria For Diagnosis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- Pitt Bacteremia Score of Paterson et al
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
- Criteria for Distinguishing True Bacteremia from Contaminated Blood Cultures

Monitoring

Disease Progression
- Sepsis Syndrome | Risk of Bacteremia

Specialty

Infectious Diseases

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage
complications

ICD-10

J15 - Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
J18 - Pneumonia, organism unspecified

Prediction Rule for Bacteremia in Patient with Community Acquired Pneumonia

Purpose: To identify a patient with community-acquired pneumonia who is at increased risk for bacteremia using the prediction rule of Falguera et al.