@article {ShaabanP2479, author = {Lamia Shaaban and Mohamed Metwally}, title = {On improving assessment of in-hospital mortality and ICU admisison in community-acquired pneumonia patients by using the e-CURB}, volume = {40}, number = {Suppl 56}, elocation-id = {P2479}, year = {2012}, publisher = {European Respiratory Society}, abstract = {Background: Severity assessment in CAP is important to decide for the site of care. We aim to evaluate an electronically generated e-CURB elements in predicting in-hospital mortality and ICU admission in CAP.Material and methods: 134 radiographically confirmed CAP were evaluated. We electronically calculated the area under the receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve for e-CURB and compared it with conventional CURB-65.Results: Conventional CURB-65 could predict in-hospital mortality with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.81 and ICU admission (AUC=0.87). The e-CURB proved to be superior to the conventional CURB-65 in predicting in-hospital mortality (AUC=0.83) (P\< 0 .0001) (figure 1). Also, e-CURB was better in predicting ICU admission (AUC=0.89) (P\< 0 .0001) (figure 2).Conclusions: e-curb proved to be a valuable tool in predicting in-hospital mortality and ICU admission in patients with CAP with a significant superiority over conventional CURB-65 in both variables. larger studies are recommended.ROC for e-CURB in predicting in hospital mortality (P\< 0.0001).ROC for e-CURB in predicting ICU admission (P\< 0.0001).}, issn = {0903-1936}, URL = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P2479}, eprint = {https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/40/Suppl_56/P2479.full.pdf}, journal = {European Respiratory Journal} }