Comparison of Different Scoring Systems for Prediction of Mortality and ICU Admission in Elderly CAP Population

Abstract

We explored the outcome prediction values of CURB65, qSOFA, MEWS and NEWS for patients aged 65-years and older with community-acquired pneumonia. We found that MEWS showed superiority over the other severity scores in predicting hospital mortality, and NEWS showed superiority over the other scores in predicting ICU admission.