Model for Predicting Bacteremia in Patient with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Purpose: To identify a patient with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who is at risk for bacteremia using the model of Lee et al.

Info MyLikes MyPaths

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with community-acquired pneumonia?

Yes

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Heart rate

beats per minute

Body temperature

White blood cell (WBC) count

Platelet count

Serum albumin

C-reactive protein (CRP)

Results

Please fill out required fields.

Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

The risk of bacteremia is

MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs

Power Your Solutions with 5,000+ Automated Medical Analytics

Seamlessly integrate our API library of over 5,000 evidence-based medical analytics into your products and workflows. Our APIs help you:

Build custom, automated clinical workflows tailored to your organization's needs.
Enhance your clinical decision support with advanced, evidence-based analytics.
Streamline revenue cycle management by integrating clinical analytics into billing, coding, and compliance processes.
Support payment and pre-approval processes with automated, standardized medical criteria.
Embed proven medical algorithms directly into your systems and services for consistent, high-quality outcomes.

With MedicalAlgorithms.com APIs, you can accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and deliver more accurate, data-driven care—without reinventing the wheel.

Explore Medal API

Caution: A qualified health practitioner should verify all results.
Keep patient data confidential and comply with all legal requirements.

Please visit our website Medicalalgorithms.com for Description and Interpretation and further algorithms you may want to consider in the next steps of your evaluation. All information should be verified by a qualified health professional, and all use is subject to Medicalalgorithms.com Terms and Conditions. © Copyright Medicalalgorithms.com Limited

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
- Prediction Rule for Bacteremia in Patient with Community Acquired Pneumonia
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

ICD-10

J12 - Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
J13 - Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
J14 - Pneumonia due to Haemophilus influenzae
J15 - Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
J16 - Pneumonia due to other infectious organisms, not elsewhere classified
J18 - Pneumonia, organism unspecified

Info

Purpose: To identify a patient with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) who is at risk for bacteremia using the model of Lee et al.

Specialty: Infectious Diseases

ICD-10: J12, J13, J14, J15, J16, J18,

Save Data

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Email

Your registered email

Other

Email to

Please separate multiple email IDs with comma (,)

Consult Report

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Add to MyPath

Select path

New path