Selective Use of Blood Cultures in Emergency Department Pneumonia Patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Benenson, Ronald S ^a   Kepner, Andrew M ^a   Pyle II, Donald N ^b   Cavanaugh, Sally ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

blood cultures; guidelines; health care associated pneumonia; pneumonia; Pneumonia Severity Index

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREATHING RATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447275420     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.12.034     Document Type: Article

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