The CRB65 score is used to assess risk of mortality from community acquired pneumonia in Primary Care. It is a NICE quality standard.
Users can use the template to record the presence of confusion, the respiratory rate and blood pressure. From this the CRB65 score can be calculated.
People are stratified for risk of death within 30 days as follows:
0: Low risk (less than 1% mortality risk)
1 or 2: intermediate risk (1 to 10% mortality risk)
3 or 4: High risk (more than 10% mortality risk)