Ambulatory and hospital management of home-acquired pneumonia. Summary of the recommendations for the clinical practice of the Department of Medicine of the University Hospital Center of Vaud;Prise en charge ambulatoire et hospitalière de la pneumonie acquise à domicile (PAD). Résumé des recommandations pour la pratique clinique (RPC) du département de médecine du Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV)

Medecine et Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 2492, 2004, Pages 1573-1578

  Lamy, Olivier ^a   Zanetti, Giorgio ^a   Bille, Jacques ^a   Aubert, John David ^a   Berger, Jean Pierre ^c   Malinverni, Rafaelle ^d   Potin, Mathieu ^e   Widmer, Daniel ^f   Favrat, Bernard ^g   Cornuz, Jacques ^a,b   Burnand, Bernard ^b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital Riviera   (Switzerland)

^d Hopital Pourtales Neuchatelois   (Switzerland)

^e FMH Medecine Generale ^*  (Switzerland)

^f Med Psychosom/Psychosociale APPM   (Switzerland)

^g POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLARITHROMYCIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG INDICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 4043138667     PISSN: 00256749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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