Provider practice patterns in nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-192

  Medina Walpole, Annette M ^a,c   McCormick, Wayne C ^b  

^a VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031894933     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb02537.x     Document Type: Article

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