# PIRO score for ICU CAP

PIRO-CAP

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

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

## What it computes

Sum the Rello 2009 PIRO features for ICU community-acquired pneumonia and return the 0-8 score and published band.

## When to use

When an agent has caller-assigned Rello 2009 PIRO inputs obtained within 24 h of ICU admission for community-acquired pneumonia and needs the published total and band, not CURB-65, PSI, or APACHE II.

## When not to use

- Not a medical device. Not a diagnosis of pneumonia and not a treatment, ICU-admission, or site-of-care order.
- Rello 2009 PIRO for ICU CAP only (score obtained within 24 h of ICU admission). Not CURB-65, not PSI/PORT, not APACHE II.
- Comorbidities (COPD or immunocompromise) count as one feature: 1 point if either is true, not 1 each.
- Age >70 scores 1; age 70 does not. magent does not interpret a chest radiograph; multilobar_opacities is a caller-assigned flag.

## Formula

```
PIRO-CAP (Rello 2009 ICU CAP, within 24 h of ICU admission) = comorbidities (copd or immunocompromise, 1 if either) + age>70 + multilobar_opacities + shock + severe_hypoxemia + acute_renal_failure + bacteremia + ards; each 1; max 8; bands low 0-2, mild 3, high 4, very_high 5-8. Not CURB-65. Not PSI. Not APACHE II
```

## Citation

[PIRO score for community-acquired pneumonia: a new prediction rule for assessment of severity in intensive care unit patients with community-acquired pneumonia](https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e318194b021)
Rello J, Rodriguez A, Lisboa T, Gallego M, Lujan M, Wunderink R
Crit Care Med. 2009;37(2):456-462
DOI: [10.1097/CCM.0b013e318194b021](https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e318194b021)

## Worked example

### Age 75, multilobar opacities and shock

Given: `acute_renal_failure=false, age=75, ards=false, bacteremia=false, copd=false, immunocompromise=false, multilobar_opacities=true, severe_hypoxemia=false, shock=true`

1. Age 75 >70 → 1; copd false and immunocompromise false → comorbidities 0
2. multilobar_opacities true → 1; shock true → 1; remaining flags false
3. score = 3; band = mild


### COPD and immunocompromise both true (one comorbidity point)

Given: `acute_renal_failure=false, age=40, ards=false, bacteremia=false, copd=true, immunocompromise=true, multilobar_opacities=false, severe_hypoxemia=false, shock=false`

1. copd true or immunocompromise true → comorbidities 1 (not 2)
2. Age 40 is not >70; remaining flags false
3. score = 1; band = low


## Also searched as

- PIRO CAP
- PIRO score
- Rello PIRO
- ICU pneumonia PIRO
- community-acquired pneumonia PIRO
- PIRO community-acquired pneumonia

## Parameters

- `age` (integer, required): Age in years (integer 18-120). Age >70 scores 1 (Rello 2009). Age 70 does not score. magent does not compute age from a date of birth.
- `copd` (boolean, required): Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009 comorbidity feature with immunocompromise). true or false. COPD or immunocompromise scores 1 together, not 1 each. magent does not diagnose COPD.
- `immunocompromise` (boolean, required): Immunocompromise as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009 comorbidity feature with COPD). true or false. COPD or immunocompromise scores 1 together, not 1 each. magent does not assign immune status.
- `multilobar_opacities` (boolean, required): Multilobar opacities on chest radiograph as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009). true or false. 1 point if true. magent does not interpret a chest radiograph.
- `shock` (boolean, required): Shock as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009). true or false. 1 point if true. magent does not measure blood pressure or diagnose shock.
- `severe_hypoxemia` (boolean, required): Severe hypoxemia as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009). true or false. 1 point if true. magent does not measure PaO2 or FiO2.
- `acute_renal_failure` (boolean, required): Acute renal failure as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009). true or false. 1 point if true. magent does not assay creatinine.
- `bacteremia` (boolean, required): Bacteremia as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009). true or false. 1 point if true. magent does not interpret cultures.
- `ards` (boolean, required): Acute respiratory distress syndrome as assigned by the caller (Rello 2009). true or false. 1 point if true. magent does not diagnose ARDS.

## 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/piro_cap`
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": [
    {
      "acute_renal_failure": "false",
      "age": "75",
      "ards": "false",
      "bacteremia": "false",
      "copd": "false",
      "immunocompromise": "false",
      "multilobar_opacities": "true",
      "severe_hypoxemia": "false",
      "shock": "true"
    },
    {
      "acute_renal_failure": "false",
      "age": "75",
      "ards": "false",
      "bacteremia": "false",
      "copd": "false",
      "immunocompromise": "false",
      "multilobar_opacities": "true",
      "severe_hypoxemia": "false",
      "shock": "true"
    }
  ]
}
```

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

Example 200:

```json
{
  "count": 2,
  "path": "/api/calc/piro_cap",
  "items": [
    {
      "band": "mild",
      "components": [
        {
          "factor": "comorbidities",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false,
          "copd": false,
          "immunocompromise": false
        },
        {
          "value": 75,
          "factor": "age_gt_70",
          "points": 1,
          "present": true
        },
        {
          "factor": "multilobar_opacities",
          "points": 1,
          "present": true
        },
        {
          "factor": "shock",
          "points": 1,
          "present": true
        },
        {
          "factor": "severe_hypoxemia",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "acute_renal_failure",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "bacteremia",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "ards",
          "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": "Rello J, Rodriguez A, Lisboa T, Gallego M, Lujan M, Wunderink R",
        "doi": "10.1097/CCM.0b013e318194b021",
        "id": "rello-2009",
        "pmid": "19114916",
        "source": "Crit Care Med. 2009;37(2):456-462",
        "title": "PIRO score for community-acquired pneumonia: a new prediction rule for assessment of severity in intensive care unit patients with community-acquired pneumonia"
      },
      "formula": "piro_cap",
      "formula_expression": "PIRO-CAP (Rello 2009 ICU CAP, within 24 h of ICU admission) = comorbidities (copd or immunocompromise, 1 if either) + age>70 + multilobar_opacities + shock + severe_hypoxemia + acute_renal_failure + bacteremia + ards; each 1; max 8; bands low 0-2, mild 3, high 4, very_high 5-8. Not CURB-65. Not PSI. Not APACHE II",
      "age_years": 75,
      "max_score": 8,
      "score": 3
    },
    {
      "band": "mild",
      "components": [
        {
          "factor": "comorbidities",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false,
          "copd": false,
          "immunocompromise": false
        },
        {
          "value": 75,
          "factor": "age_gt_70",
          "points": 1,
          "present": true
        },
        {
          "factor": "multilobar_opacities",
          "points": 1,
          "present": true
        },
        {
          "factor": "shock",
          "points": 1,
          "present": true
        },
        {
          "factor": "severe_hypoxemia",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "acute_renal_failure",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "bacteremia",
          "points": 0,
          "present": false
        },
        {
          "factor": "ards",
          "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": "Rello J, Rodriguez A, Lisboa T, Gallego M, Lujan M, Wunderink R",
        "doi": "10.1097/CCM.0b013e318194b021",
        "id": "rello-2009",
        "pmid": "19114916",
        "source": "Crit Care Med. 2009;37(2):456-462",
        "title": "PIRO score for community-acquired pneumonia: a new prediction rule for assessment of severity in intensive care unit patients with community-acquired pneumonia"
      },
      "formula": "piro_cap",
      "formula_expression": "PIRO-CAP (Rello 2009 ICU CAP, within 24 h of ICU admission) = comorbidities (copd or immunocompromise, 1 if either) + age>70 + multilobar_opacities + shock + severe_hypoxemia + acute_renal_failure + bacteremia + ards; each 1; max 8; bands low 0-2, mild 3, high 4, very_high 5-8. Not CURB-65. Not PSI. Not APACHE II",
      "age_years": 75,
      "max_score": 8,
      "score": 3
    }
  ]
}
```

## Response fields

- `formula` (string): piro_cap
- `formula_expression` (string): Exact expression used
- `score` (integer): PIRO-CAP points 0-8
- `max_score` (integer): 8
- `band` (string): Rello 2009 band: low (0-2), mild (3), high (4), or very_high (5-8). A band, not a diagnosis.
- `age_years` (integer): Age used for the >70 criterion
- `components` (array): Per-feature points. comorbidities is 1 if copd or immunocompromise is true, not 1 each.
- `citation` (object): Rello 2009 Crit Care Med citation
- `disclaimer` (string): Not-a-device notice

## Example JSON

Frozen fixture. Not a live lookup.

```json
{
  "band": "mild",
  "components": [
    {
      "factor": "comorbidities",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false,
      "copd": false,
      "immunocompromise": false
    },
    {
      "value": 75,
      "factor": "age_gt_70",
      "points": 1,
      "present": true
    },
    {
      "factor": "multilobar_opacities",
      "points": 1,
      "present": true
    },
    {
      "factor": "shock",
      "points": 1,
      "present": true
    },
    {
      "factor": "severe_hypoxemia",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "factor": "acute_renal_failure",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "factor": "bacteremia",
      "points": 0,
      "present": false
    },
    {
      "factor": "ards",
      "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": "Rello J, Rodriguez A, Lisboa T, Gallego M, Lujan M, Wunderink R",
    "doi": "10.1097/CCM.0b013e318194b021",
    "id": "rello-2009",
    "pmid": "19114916",
    "source": "Crit Care Med. 2009;37(2):456-462",
    "title": "PIRO score for community-acquired pneumonia: a new prediction rule for assessment of severity in intensive care unit patients with community-acquired pneumonia"
  },
  "formula": "piro_cap",
  "formula_expression": "PIRO-CAP (Rello 2009 ICU CAP, within 24 h of ICU admission) = comorbidities (copd or immunocompromise, 1 if either) + age>70 + multilobar_opacities + shock + severe_hypoxemia + acute_renal_failure + bacteremia + ards; each 1; max 8; bands low 0-2, mild 3, high 4, very_high 5-8. Not CURB-65. Not PSI. Not APACHE II",
  "age_years": 75,
  "max_score": 8,
  "score": 3
}
```

## Errors

- HTTP 400 `invalid_age`: age must be an integer from 18 to 120 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.
- [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.
- [SMART-COP](https://magentlab.com/docs/smart-cop) — Compute the Charles 2008 SMART-COP point total and IRVS risk band 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.
