Identifying barriers to the rapid administration of appropriate antibiotics in community-acquired pneumonia

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 442-451

  Barlow, Gavin ^a   Nathwani, Dilip ^b   Myers, Elizabeth ^b   Sullivan, Frank ^c   Stevens, Nicola ^b   Duffy, Rebecca ^c   Davey, Peter ^c  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care pathway; Guidelines; Implementation; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGENATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PULSE RATE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PNEUMONIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349167516     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm462     Document Type: Article

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