Guideline tyranny: A response to the article by Baum and Kaltsas

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1117-1118

  Mandell, Lionel ^a   Wunderink, Richard ^b   Anzueto, Antonio ^c   Bartlett, John ^e   Campbell, Douglas ^f   Dean, Nathan ^g   Dowell, Scott ^l   File, Thomas ^h   Musher, Daniel ^d   Niederman, Michael ⁱ   Torres, Antonio ^m   Whitney, Cynthia ^j   Fine, Mike ^k  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^h SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^l MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^m HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 53349141799     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592385     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

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