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View Post: Antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia -- Dryden et al. 64 ...
10 Nov 2009 by Dryden, M., Hand, K., Davey, P., on behalf...  
Antibiotic guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) often recommend broad-spectrum agents for severe pneumonia. While these may be entirely appropriate in terms of their spectrum of activity and efficacy, there is a risk that ...
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View Post: Assessing Quality Indicators for Pediatric Community-Acquired ...
9 Sep 2009 by Sandora, TJ, Desai, R., Miko, BA, Harper, MB  
To assess applicability of adult quality indicators in the management of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), a retrospective cohort study of children admitted with CAP was conducted. The primary outcome was achievement of ...
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View Post: Critical Care
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Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia ... ...
View Blog: Several aspects relating to the definition of severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the design of prediction tools need to be addressed prior to further attempts to predict severe CAP. What is the concept of severe CAP based on?

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View Post: Community-Acquired Pneumonia — Ann Intern Med
6 Oct 2009 by Michael Niederman  
This issue provides a clinical overview of community-acquired pneumonia focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, practice improvement, and patient information. Readers can complete the accompanying CME quiz for 1.5 credits. ...
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View Post: Clinical guidelines on pneumonia management and treatment
16 Nov 2009 by Flavio Guzmán, MD  
This post features two clinical guidelines on the management of community acquired pneumonia. The British Thoracic Society updated this year many recommendations, including: when to order a chest X-ray, antibiotic management, ...
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View Post: Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Department
11 Nov 2009 by mosaic123  
This 2009 clinical policy updates the American College of Emergency Physicians 2001 clinical policy for the management and risk stratification of adult patients presenting to the ED with community acquired pneumonia. ...
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View Post: Admission hypoglycaemia is associated with adverse outcome in ...
8 Nov 2009 by JOC  
Admission hypoglycaemia is associated with adverse outcome in community-acquired pneumonia. November 8, 2009. European Respiratory Journal 1 Oct 2009 V.34 N.4 p.932-939. A. Singanayagam, J. D. Chalmers and A. T. Hill ...
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View Post: Pneumococcal Vaccination Recommended to Help Prevent Secondary ...
19 Nov 2009 by flutrackers  
Empiric treatment of patients hospitalized with community acquired pneumonia should include both influenza antiviral agents and appropriate antibiotic therapy. For more information on treatment of influenza, ...
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View Post: Late admission to the ICU in patients with community-acquired ...
3 Nov 2009 by admin  
BACKGROUND: Limited data are available on the impact of time to ICU admission and outcomes for patients with severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Our objective was to examine the association of time to ICU admission and 30-day ...
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View Post: Adherence to guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia improves ...
15 Sep 2009
Two studies using different patient populations have found that treating hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) according to accepted guidelines is associated with better clinical outcomes, including lower ...
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