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Table 4 UPMC scoring system for Clostridium difficile severity

From: Sleeping with the enemy: Clostridium difficile infection in the intensive care unit

Criterion

Points

Low albumin

1

Fever

1

Admission to ICU

1

Chronic medical condition

1

Pancolitis, ascites, and/or bowel wall thickening in CT scan

2

Elevated white blood cell count

2

Increased creatinine

2

Clinical signs of peritonitis

3

Hypotension requiring vasopressors

5

Respiratory failure due to C. difficile

5

Mental alterations

5

  1. Total: 1–3, mild to moderate disease; 4–6, severe disease; 7 or more, severe complicated disease; 15 or more, high probability (75%) of treatment failure and need for surgery (Adopted from [60])
  2. UPMC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, CT Computed Tomography