Pneumonia versus aspiration pneumonitis in nursing home residents: Diagnosis and management

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-23

  Mylotte, Joseph M ^a   Goodnough, Susan ^c   Naughton, Bruce J ^b  

^a ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GATES VASCULAR INSTITUTE AT KALEIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aspiration; Aspiration pneumonia; Aspiration pneumonitis; Gastric content; Nursing home; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; SULTAMICILLIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0037239399     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2002.51004.x     Document Type: Article

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