Efficacy of clinical guideline implementation to improve the appropriateness of chest physiotherapy prescription among inpatients with community-acquired pneumonia

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1257-1263

  Guessous, Idris ^a   Cornuz, Jacques ^a   Stoianov, Rebecca ^a   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Fitting, Jean William ^a   Yersin, Bertrand ^a   Lamy, Olivier ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chest physiotherapy; Community acquired pneumonia; Guideline; Implementation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149089291     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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