Criteria for Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents for Pneumonia

Criteria for Hospitalization of Nursing Home Residents for Pneumonia
[select name="Q1" value="yes=1|no=0"] <-- ability to eat and drink
[select name="Q2" value="yes=1|no=0"] <-- pulse of 100 beats per minute or less
[select name="Q3" value="yes=1|no=0"] <-- respiratory rate of 30 breaths per minute or less
[select name="Q4" value="yes=1|no=0"] <-- systolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or greater (or a decrease of no more than 20 mm Hg if baseline is less than 100 mm Hg)
[select name="Q5" value="yes=1|no=0"] <-- oxygen saturation of 92% or greater (or 90% or greater in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease)

Result --> Meets [calc memo="number" value="score=(Q1)+(Q2)+(Q3)+(Q4)+(Q5)"] out of 5 criteria
Suggestion --> [calc memo="number" value="score1=(Q1)+(Q2)+(Q3)+(Q4)+(Q5);score1>4?'Admission to hospital may not be needed':'Admission to hospital is recommended'"]

[checkbox memo="References (Hide/Show)" name="footnotes" value=""][conditional field="footnotes" condition="(footnotes).isNot('')"][link url="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16757722" memo="Loeb M, Carusone SC, Goeree R, Walter SD, Brazil K, Krueger P, Simor A, Moss L, Marrie T. Effect of a clinical pathway to reduce hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2006 Jun 7;295(21):2503-10. PubMed PMID: 16757722."][/conditional]