Guidelines for the approach to nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Aging Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-566

  Guay, David R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AMBULATORY CARE NURSING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58049201696     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.4.6.561     Document Type: Editorial

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