Misdiagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia and inappropriate utilization of antibiotics: Side effects of the 4-h antibiotic administration rule

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1865-1869

  Kanwar, Manreet ^a   Brar, Navkiranjot ^a   Khatib, Riad ^a   Fakih, Mohamad G ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Pneumonia; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34250795666     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0164     Document Type: Article

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