Title

CURB-65 for community-acquired pneumonia severity using severity index

Authors

Praveen Kumar Tagore¹, Jitendra Kanjolia¹, Ashis Tiwari¹, Sukh Dayal Kumhar^1,*, Abha Bardiya² & Shivani Parihar³

Affiliation

¹Department of General Medicine, Government Medical College, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India; ²Department of Anaesthesiology, Shyam Shah Medical College, Rewa Madhya Pradesh, India; ³Department Of Pathology, Chirayu Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Praveen Kumar Tagore - E-mail: tagore.praveen@gmail.com
Jitendra Kanjolia - E-mail: jitendrakanjolia@gmail.com
Ashis Tiwari - E-mail: ashishtiwari.gwldr@gmail.com
Sukh Dayal Kumhar - E-mail: dr.sd.prajapati@gmail.com
Abha Bardiya - E-mail: bardiya.abha@gmail.com
Shivani Parihar - E-mail: drshivaniparihar199@gmail.com

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received February 1, 2026; Revised February 28, 2026; Accepted February 28, 2026, Published February 28, 2026

Abstract

Critical pulmonary embolism (CAP) demands precise risk stratification tools for optimal resource allocation and treatment site decisions. Therefore, it is of interest to compare CURB-65 versus Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) in 320 CAP patients for predicting 30-day mortality and ICU needs. PSI demonstrated superior sensitivity (92.5% vs 78.0%) and mortality AUC (0.84 vs 0.79). CURB-65 offered high specificity but lower emergency applicability (65.4% vs 88.2%). PSI advances CAP management as the preferred outpatient-identification tool, while CURB-65 suits high-risk triage in busy settings.

Keywords

Community-acquired pneumonia, Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI), CURB-65, mortality prediction, severity scoring, ICU admission.

Citation

Tagore et al. Bioinformation 22(2): 789-793 (2026)

Edited by

Vini Mehta

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.