Early switch to oral antibiotics and early discharge guidelines in the management of community-acquired pneumonia

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 111-116

  Lee, Richard Wai Wing ^a,b   Lindstrom, Steven Terence ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Early discharge guidelines; Early switch to oral antibiotics; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MOXIFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845717550     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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