Triage for patients presenting with fever and cough of less than 10 days duration. Check vital signs and perform chest x-ray and blood tests. Classify patients as having uncomplicated illness, mild pneumonia, severe pneumonia, pneumonia with organ dysfunction, or septic shock depending on vital signs, oxygen levels, chest x-ray findings, and lab results. The most severe classifications require hospital admission.
Triage for patients presenting with fever and cough of less than 10 days duration. Check vital signs and perform chest x-ray and blood tests. Classify patients as having uncomplicated illness, mild pneumonia, severe pneumonia, pneumonia with organ dysfunction, or septic shock depending on vital signs, oxygen levels, chest x-ray findings, and lab results. The most severe classifications require hospital admission.
Triage for patients presenting with fever and cough of less than 10 days duration. Check vital signs and perform chest x-ray and blood tests. Classify patients as having uncomplicated illness, mild pneumonia, severe pneumonia, pneumonia with organ dysfunction, or septic shock depending on vital signs, oxygen levels, chest x-ray findings, and lab results. The most severe classifications require hospital admission.