# MuLBSTA viral pneumonia score

MuLBSTA

Status: LIVE
Price: $0.005 USDC
`GET /api/calc/mulbsta`
HTML: https://magentlab.com/docs/mulbsta
Markdown: https://magentlab.com/docs/mulbsta.md

Not a medical device. Not a diagnosis, dose, or listing recommendation.

## What it computes

Sum Guo 2019 MuLBSTA points from age, exclusive smoking status, absolute lymphocyte count, and caller-assigned flags, and return the published total (max 20) and low/high band.

## When to use

When an agent has already assigned Guo 2019 MuLBSTA inputs and needs the published point total and low (0-11) or high (≥12) band, not a viral-species diagnosis or a treatment order.

## When not to use

- Not a medical device and not a viral-species diagnosis, site-of-care decision, or treatment order.
- magent does not read imaging or assign smoking history. multilobular_infiltrates, bacterial_coinfection, hypertension, and smoking are caller-assigned.
- Smoking is mutually exclusive: never (0), former / quit-smoker (2), or current / acute-smoker (3). Current and former cannot both apply. Max score is 20, not the paper Table 5 12-22 wording.
- Bands follow Guo 2019 only: low score 0-11 (paper mortality 5.07%) and high score ≥12 (paper 33.92%). No other cut-points.

## Formula

```
MuLBSTA = multilobular_infiltrates 5 + lymphocyte_k_ul<=0.8 4 + bacterial_coinfection 4 + smoking (never 0, former 2, current 3; exclusive) + hypertension 2 + age>=60 2; Guo 2019; max 20; low 0-11, high >=12
```

## Citation

[Clinical Features Predicting Mortality Risk in Patients With Viral Pneumonia: The MuLBSTA Score](https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02752)
Guo L, Wei D, Zhang X, Wu Y, Li Q, Zhou M, Qu J
Front Microbiol. 2019;10:2752
DOI: [10.3389/fmicb.2019.02752](https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02752)

## Worked example

### Age 50, never smoked, lymphocytes 1.5, all flags false

Given: `age=50, bacterial_coinfection=false, hypertension=false, lymphocyte_k_ul=1.5, multilobular_infiltrates=false, smoking=never`

1. Age <60 → 0; smoking never → 0; lymphocyte_k_ul 1.5 >0.8 → 0; all flags false → 0
2. Score = 0 (max 20); mulbsta_band low


### Current smoking, lymphopenia, and multilobular infiltrates

Given: `age=50, bacterial_coinfection=false, hypertension=false, lymphocyte_k_ul=0.8, multilobular_infiltrates=true, smoking=current`

1. multilobular_infiltrates → 5; lymphocyte_k_ul 0.8 → 4; smoking current → 3
2. Score = 12 (max 20); mulbsta_band high


## Also searched as

- MuLBSTA
- MuLBSTA score
- Guo viral pneumonia score
- multilobar lymphocyte bacterial smoking
- viral pneumonia mortality score
- Guo 2019 MuLBSTA

## Parameters

- `age` (integer, required): Age in years (18-120). Age ≥60 scores 2 (Guo 2019). magent does not compute age.
- `smoking` (string, required): Exclusive Guo 2019 smoking status: never (0), former / quit-smoker (2), or current / acute-smoker (3). Current and former cannot both apply. Assigned by the caller; magent does not assign smoking history.
- `lymphocyte_k_ul` (number, required): Absolute lymphocyte count ×10^9/L (0.05-20). Scores 4 when ≤0.8 (Guo 2019). magent does not read a CBC.
- `multilobular_infiltrates` (boolean, required): Multilobular infiltrates as assigned by the caller (Guo 2019). true scores 5. magent does not read imaging.
- `bacterial_coinfection` (boolean, required): Bacterial coinfection as assigned by the caller (Guo 2019). true scores 4. magent does not diagnose coinfection.
- `hypertension` (boolean, required): Hypertension as assigned by the caller (Guo 2019). true scores 2. magent does not take a blood pressure.

## Bulk (POST)

POST the same path with a JSON items array. The first item is the GET unit; each additional item is $0.002. Invalid items return HTTP 400 before settlement.

Method: `POST /api/calc/mulbsta`
Max items: 25
Price: unit_amount + extra_item_amount * (n - 1) (unit 5000 atomic, extra 2000 atomic)
Status: PREVIEW

- 1 to 25 items. Each item uses the same keys as the GET query parameters.
- POST of 1 item costs the same as GET. Lists longer than 25: chunk into multiple POSTs. Extra items still execute; do not pad dummy rows.
- The first invalid item fails the whole request (index in the 400 JSON). You are not charged.
- HTTP 200 is {count, path, items}. Each items[i] is the GET 200 body for that row.
- Catalog misses (empty matches, found=false) stay paid 200s inside that slot.
- x402 resource URL is this path plus n and body_sha256. Browsers that prefer text/html get the same paywall as GET; Pay retries POST with the same items.

Example request:

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "age": "50",
      "bacterial_coinfection": "false",
      "hypertension": "false",
      "lymphocyte_k_ul": "1.5",
      "multilobular_infiltrates": "false",
      "smoking": "never"
    },
    {
      "age": "50",
      "bacterial_coinfection": "false",
      "hypertension": "false",
      "lymphocyte_k_ul": "1.5",
      "multilobular_infiltrates": "false",
      "smoking": "never"
    }
  ]
}
```

Human paywall (two-item fixture): https://api.magentlab.com/paywall/bulk/mulbsta

Example 200:

```json
{
  "count": 2,
  "path": "/api/calc/mulbsta",
  "items": [
    {
      "components": [
        {
          "factor": "multilobular_infiltrates",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "value": 1.5,
          "factor": "lymphocyte_le_0_8",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "bacterial_coinfection",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "value": "never",
          "factor": "smoking",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "hypertension",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "value": 50,
          "factor": "age_ge_60",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        }
      ],
      "disclaimer": "Not a medical device. Deterministic published-formula or published-code output for autonomous agents. A licensed clinician remains responsible for patient care and billing submissions.",
      "citation": {
        "authors": "Guo L, Wei D, Zhang X, Wu Y, Li Q, Zhou M, Qu J",
        "doi": "10.3389/fmicb.2019.02752",
        "id": "guo-2019",
        "pmid": "31849894",
        "source": "Front Microbiol. 2019;10:2752",
        "title": "Clinical Features Predicting Mortality Risk in Patients With Viral Pneumonia: The MuLBSTA Score"
      },
      "formula": "mulbsta",
      "formula_expression": "MuLBSTA = multilobular_infiltrates 5 + lymphocyte_k_ul<=0.8 4 + bacterial_coinfection 4 + smoking (never 0, former 2, current 3; exclusive) + hypertension 2 + age>=60 2; Guo 2019; max 20; low 0-11, high >=12",
      "max_score": 20,
      "score": 0,
      "age_years": 50,
      "lymphocyte_k_ul": 1.5,
      "mulbsta_band": "low",
      "smoking": "never"
    },
    {
      "components": [
        {
          "factor": "multilobular_infiltrates",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "value": 1.5,
          "factor": "lymphocyte_le_0_8",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "bacterial_coinfection",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "value": "never",
          "factor": "smoking",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "hypertension",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "value": 50,
          "factor": "age_ge_60",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        }
      ],
      "disclaimer": "Not a medical device. Deterministic published-formula or published-code output for autonomous agents. A licensed clinician remains responsible for patient care and billing submissions.",
      "citation": {
        "authors": "Guo L, Wei D, Zhang X, Wu Y, Li Q, Zhou M, Qu J",
        "doi": "10.3389/fmicb.2019.02752",
        "id": "guo-2019",
        "pmid": "31849894",
        "source": "Front Microbiol. 2019;10:2752",
        "title": "Clinical Features Predicting Mortality Risk in Patients With Viral Pneumonia: The MuLBSTA Score"
      },
      "formula": "mulbsta",
      "formula_expression": "MuLBSTA = multilobular_infiltrates 5 + lymphocyte_k_ul<=0.8 4 + bacterial_coinfection 4 + smoking (never 0, former 2, current 3; exclusive) + hypertension 2 + age>=60 2; Guo 2019; max 20; low 0-11, high >=12",
      "max_score": 20,
      "score": 0,
      "age_years": 50,
      "lymphocyte_k_ul": 1.5,
      "mulbsta_band": "low",
      "smoking": "never"
    }
  ]
}
```

## Response fields

- `formula` (string): mulbsta
- `formula_expression` (string): Exact expression used
- `score` (integer): MuLBSTA points 0-20
- `max_score` (integer): Always 20
- `mulbsta_band` (string): Guo 2019 band: low (score 0-11; paper mortality 5.07%) or high (score ≥12; paper 33.92%). Not a treatment order.
- `age_years` (integer): Age used for the ≥60 criterion
- `smoking` (string): Exclusive smoking status used: never, former, or current
- `lymphocyte_k_ul` (number): Absolute lymphocyte count ×10^9/L used for the ≤0.8 criterion
- `components` (array): Per-factor points
- `citation` (object): Guo et al. Front Microbiol 2019 citation
- `disclaimer` (string): Not-a-device notice

## Example JSON

Frozen fixture. Not a live lookup.

```json
{
  "components": [
    {
      "factor": "multilobular_infiltrates",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "value": 1.5,
      "factor": "lymphocyte_le_0_8",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "factor": "bacterial_coinfection",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "value": "never",
      "factor": "smoking",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "factor": "hypertension",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "value": 50,
      "factor": "age_ge_60",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    }
  ],
  "disclaimer": "Not a medical device. Deterministic published-formula or published-code output for autonomous agents. A licensed clinician remains responsible for patient care and billing submissions.",
  "citation": {
    "authors": "Guo L, Wei D, Zhang X, Wu Y, Li Q, Zhou M, Qu J",
    "doi": "10.3389/fmicb.2019.02752",
    "id": "guo-2019",
    "pmid": "31849894",
    "source": "Front Microbiol. 2019;10:2752",
    "title": "Clinical Features Predicting Mortality Risk in Patients With Viral Pneumonia: The MuLBSTA Score"
  },
  "formula": "mulbsta",
  "formula_expression": "MuLBSTA = multilobular_infiltrates 5 + lymphocyte_k_ul<=0.8 4 + bacterial_coinfection 4 + smoking (never 0, former 2, current 3; exclusive) + hypertension 2 + age>=60 2; Guo 2019; max 20; low 0-11, high >=12",
  "max_score": 20,
  "score": 0,
  "age_years": 50,
  "lymphocyte_k_ul": 1.5,
  "mulbsta_band": "low",
  "smoking": "never"
}
```

## Errors

- HTTP 400 `invalid_age`: age must be an integer from 18 to 120 Returned before settlement; you are not charged.
- HTTP 400 `invalid_mulbsta_smoking`: smoking must be never, former, or current (Guo 2019 MuLBSTA; current and former are mutually exclusive). Returned before settlement; you are not charged.
- HTTP 400 `invalid_lymphocyte_count`: lymphocyte_k_ul must be a number from 0.05 to 20 (absolute lymphocyte count ×10^9/L). Returned before settlement; you are not charged.
- HTTP 400 `invalid_flag`: boolean clinical flags must be true or false Returned before settlement; you are not charged.
- HTTP 400 `invalid_items`: POST body must be a JSON object with only an items array Returned before settlement; you are not charged.
- HTTP 400 `invalid_item_count`: items must be an array of 1 to 25 objects Returned before settlement; you are not charged.
- HTTP 400 `invalid_item`: each items entry must be a JSON object Returned before settlement; you are not charged.

Shared HTTP 402 and 503: https://magentlab.com/docs/payments

## Related tools

- [CURB-65](https://magentlab.com/docs/curb65) — Compute the CURB-65 community-acquired pneumonia severity score from age and discrete flags.
- [CRB-65](https://magentlab.com/docs/crb-65) — Compute the Lim 2003 CRB-65 community-acquired pneumonia score from age and caller-assigned confusion, respiratory-rate, and blood-pressure flags. Urea is not an input.
- [PSI / PORT](https://magentlab.com/docs/psi-port) — Compute the Fine 1997 Pneumonia Severity Index (PORT) two-step risk class and Table 2 point total for community-acquired pneumonia.

## Payment

Unpaid requests return HTTP 402 even if query parameters or POST items are missing or invalid, so CDP and agents can index the path. After a PAYMENT-SIGNATURE, invalid params return HTTP 400 JSON before settlement. magent does not charge. Fix the params, then request a new 402 quote for that complete URL. Catalog misses (empty matches, found=false) are valid paid 200s.

- GET the tool with Accept: application/json (do not send Accept: text/html unless you want the human paywall).
- HTTP 402 means you have not paid. Decode the base64 PAYMENT-REQUIRED header. HTTP 503 is not a new quote.
- Sign accepts[0] (exact, EIP-3009) with validBefore = now + maxTimeoutSeconds (600 seconds), or accepts[1] (batch-settlement deposit/voucher) on product GET. Ping and POST {items} stay exact. Magent retries transient facilitator 429/5xx before answering.
- Retry the same URL with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE (base64 JSON of accepted and payload). Magent attaches canonical extensions.bazaar on CDP verify/settle; echoing 402 bazaar is optional.
- Success is HTTP 200 JSON plus PAYMENT-RESPONSE. exact settles before the tool. batch-settlement verifies (and deposit-settles) before the tool and commits the charge after HTTP 2xx. HTTP 503: retry the same PAYMENT-SIGNATURE. Mint a new exact nonce only after a new HTTP 402.

- offered `exact` on eip155:8453: Fixed-price USDC on Base. The buyer authorizes the advertised amount (EIP-3009). magent settles before the tool runs (paymentFlow upfront). extra.assetTransferMethod=eip3009 extra.paymentFlow=upfront.
- offered `batch-settlement` on eip155:8453: Payment-channel vouchers claimed later in batches. Exact stays accepts[0]. Same-path POST {items} is still exact. extra.assetTransferMethod=eip3009 extra.paymentFlow=authorization.

- not offered `upto`: Not offered. Usage-based: buyer authorizes a ceiling, seller settles the actual amount after work. Reserved for a future metered tool. Not for current calculators or code search.

Same-path POST {items} is still scheme exact: one EIP-3009 authorization for GET unit plus $0.002 per extra item. That is not x402 batch-settlement (payment channels / vouchers).

Shared HTTP 402 and 503 table: https://magentlab.com/docs/payments

Stdio MCP (one process per host): https://magentlab.com/docs/mcp

## Guarantees

- HTTP 402 is unpaid, including a missing query. After PAYMENT-SIGNATURE, invalid parameters return HTTP 400 before settlement. You are not charged. HTTP 402 never includes the tool JSON.
- exact: settlement finishes before the tool (paymentFlow upfront). batch-settlement: verify/deposit before the tool; chargedCumulativeAmount commits after HTTP 2xx. Uncertain or failed settlement fails closed (HTTP 503). Retry the same PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
- HTTP 402 is unpaid only. Do not sign a second authorization because of a 503.
- Execution is timeout-bounded and concurrency-capped.
- Calculator inputs are stored encrypted for allowlisted operators (Magent Console). They are not in public logs, SSH lookups, catalog, or rollups. Request logs store path without query.
