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Clinical Stability and Diagnostic Aids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
The chapter discusses the importance of clinical stability in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and explores the utility of diagnostic aids in CAP management. They analyze various scores such as the NEWS score and shock index, discuss the need for escalation of treatment and broadening of antibiotic coverage, and explore the challenges of obtaining quality sputum samples for microbiologic diagnosis. The chapter also compares the pneumonia severity index (PSI) and CURB-65 as risk stratification tools and emphasizes the significance of oxygen saturation in determining the severity of pneumonia.