España PP, Capelastegui A, Gorordo I, et al. Development and validation of a clinical prediction rule for severe community-acquired pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006;174(11):1249-56.

Yandiola PPE, Capelastegui A, Quintana J, et al. Prospective comparison of severity scores for predicting clinically relevant outcomes for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Chest. 2009;135(6):1572-1579.

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Predicts risk of adverse outcomes in CAP patients in the ED.

Severe community-acquired pneumonia risk.

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The Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (SCAP) Score predicts risk of adverse outcomes in ED patients with community-acquired pneumonia.

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