1.0MedicalCRITERIA.comhttps://medicalcriteria.com/webGuillermo Firmanhttps://medicalcriteria.com/web/author/medicalcriteria-com/Guidelines for Intensive Care Unit Admission for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - MedicalCRITERIA.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mQkFmVrmit"><a href="https://medicalcriteria.com/web/uticap/">Guidelines for Intensive Care Unit Admission for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://medicalcriteria.com/web/uticap/embed/#?secret=mQkFmVrmit" width="600" height="338" title="“Guidelines for Intensive Care Unit Admission for Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)” — MedicalCRITERIA.com" data-secret="mQkFmVrmit" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)/American Thoracic Society (ATS) recently reviewed risk factors and developed objective major and minor criteria to identify patients who require direct admission to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The most up-to-date definitions use need for invasive mechanical ventilation or septic shock, requiring vasopressors, as absolute indicators for direct admission ... Read more