CURB-65 and CRB-65 Pneumonia Severity

Scores CURB-65 where a same-day urea is available, or falls back to CRB-65 where it is not, and turns the score into a site-of-care recommendation with 30-day mortality context.

This document is the teaching content of the MEDiscuss CDSS tool https://mediscuss.org/cdss/curb65-pneumonia-severity, fixed for citation. The live tool carries the calculator and any later corrections.

Version 1.0. Content reviewed 2026-08-24 by Dr Shashikiran Umakanth. For registered healthcare professionals: it supports a clinical decision and does not replace one.