The emergency department community-acquired pneumonia trial: Methodology of a quality improvement intervention

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 770-782

  Yealy, Donald M ^a   Auble, Thomas E ^a   Stone, Roslyn A ^a,b,c   Lave, Judith R ^a,b,c   Meehan, Thomas P ^d,e   Graff, Louis G ^d,f,g   Fine, Jonathan M ^d,h   Obrosky, D Scott ^a,b   Edick, Stacey M ^a,b   Hough, Linda J ^a,b   Tuozzo, Kathy ^d   Fine, Michael J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Vet Aff Ctr Hlth Equity Prom   (United States)

^d QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2542594078     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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