Table—

Respicard questions

Score	0	1	2	3	4
S_p,O₂	>92% with room air and O₂	91% with air and 90–92% with O₂	<90% with room air	<90% with O₂	<80% with O₂
Heart rate beats·min⁻¹	<90	90–100	100–110	110–120	>120
Dyspnoea	Under strong activity	Speed walk or climb	Moderate activity with stops	Light activity, stop after few steps	At rest during daily activities
Cough	Spontaneous and strong	Weak, not productive	Strong but extremely productive	Weak, productive, frequent	No spontaneous cough; need for suctions
Sputum	No need for sputum	Moderate	Copious	Very copious	Unbearable
Sputum colour	No sputum	White	Yellow	Yellow/green	Green/brown or with blood
Wheeze	Never	Occasional	Under strong efforts	Under moderate efforts	At rest
Weight/ankle oedema	Stable weight, no ankle oedema	Increase of <2 kg in 2 days	2–4 kg in 2 days	2–4 in 1 day	>4 kg in 1 day
Temperature	Normal	>37°C and <37.5°C without antipiretic	>37°C and <38°C with antipiretic	>38°C with antipiretic and antibiotic for 1 day	>38°C with antibiotic for 3 days
Neurological status	Normal, wakeful	Slow but answering	Confused, diurnal drowsiness	Difficult posture and verbal answer	No answer to manual stimulus
Ventilator interaction	No troubles or no ventilator	Occasional alarms on ventilator	Alarms and need for suction, or mask discomfort	Alarms, occasional contrasts and dyspnoea under ventilator	Ventilator break; alarms and fighting against ventilator
Walk	Autonomous	Walk with stops, no dyspnoea	Walk with stick and dyspnoea	Assisted walk, few steps, armchair use	No deambulation, bedridden
Sum
Total sum

Score Legend: normality (green zone; score 0–5); moderately pathological condition (yellow zone; score 6–12: caution; score 13–36: alarm zone); extremely severe condition (red zone; score 36–48). S_p,O₂: arterial oxygen saturation measured by pulse oximetry.