Description
Calculates the Pneumonia Severity Index
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the Pneumonia Severity Index calculator:
Specialties
- Critical Care
- Family Practice
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonology
Systems
Calculator Configuration Options
Preference Name
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Valid Range
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Description
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Publishing |
Checked / Unchecked |
When checked, the calculator will display for users on the front end. When unchecked, the calculator WILL NOT display for users on the front end.
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Orderable Item Override |
(BLANK) / G-PneumSI |
“(BLANK)” indicates that the global configuration options for Orderable Item will be used. “G-PneumSI” indicates that the calculator specific value will be used and can display the specific calculator name in the chart output.
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Calculator Inputs
Input
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Mapping Type
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Description
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Age |
Demographics |
Patient Age
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Sex |
Demographics |
Patient Sex
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Nursing Home Resident |
Manual Input |
Whether the patient is a nursing home resident
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Renal Disease |
Problems |
Renal Disease
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Liver Disease |
Problems |
Liver Disease
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Congestive Heart Failure |
Problems |
Congestive Heart Failure
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Cerebrovascular Disease |
Problems |
Cerebrovascular Disease
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Neoplasia |
Problems |
Neoplasia
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Altered Mental Status |
Manual Input |
Altered Mental Status
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Systolic Blood Pressure |
Problems |
Systolic Blood Pressure
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Temperature |
Vitals |
Temperature
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Respiratory Rate |
Vitals |
Respiratory Rate
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Heart Rate |
Vitals |
Heart Rate
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PH |
Results |
PH
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PO2 |
Results |
PO2
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Sodium |
Results |
Sodium
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Hematocrit |
Results |
Hematocrit
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Glucose |
Results |
Glucose
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Blood Urea Nitrogen |
Results |
Blood Urea Nitrogen
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Pleural Effusion |
Problems |
Pleural Effusion
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Calculator Outputs
Output
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Mapping Type
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Description
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Severity Index |
Result |
The calculated pneumonia severity index
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References
http://pda.ahrq.gov/clinic/psi/psicalc.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonia_severity_index