Assessing, treating and preventing community acquired pneumonia in older adults: Findings from a community-wide survey of emergency room and family physicians

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Krueger, Paul ^a,b,c   Loeb, Mark ^b   Kelly, Caralyn ^b   Gayle Edward, H ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c St Joseph's Lifecare Centre   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MACROLIDE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANADA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAINING; VACCINATION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23944524373     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-32     Document Type: Article

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