The patient with possible pneumonia

Foundation Years

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Douglas, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

community acquired pneumonia; CURB 65 score; empyema; lower respiratory tract infection; respiratory rate

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; OXYGEN; UREA;

AGING; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREATHING RATE; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EMPYEMA; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; GRAM STAINING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG CLEARANCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SMOKING; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED KINGDOM; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WINTER;

EID: 41949129825     PISSN: 17441889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpfou.2007.12.007     Document Type: Review

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