Thomas E. Auble

TL;DR: A prediction rule that stratifies patients into five classes with respect to the risk of death within 30 days accurately identifies the patients with community-acquired pneumonia who are at low risk for death and other adverse outcomes and may help physicians make more rational decisions about hospitalization for patients with pneumonia.

TL;DR: The prediction rule is based on 11 simple patient characteristics that were independently associated with mortality and stratifies patients with pulmonary embolism into five severity classes, with 30-day mortality rates of 0-1.6%.

TL;DR: The more complex Pneumonia Severity Index has a higher discriminatory power for short-term mortality, defines a greater proportion of patients atLow risk, and is slightly more accurate in identifying patients at low risk than either CURB score.

TL;DR: In 7 suburban communities, police use of AEDs decreased time to defibrillation and was an independent predictor of survival to hospital discharge.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors implemented a project-developed guideline for the initial site of treatment based on the Pneumonia Severity Index and performance of evidence-based processes of care at the emergency department level.