Delayed Administration of Antibiotics and Mortality in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 618-624

  Cheng, Allen C ^a,b,c   Buising, Kirsty L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE;

AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA SEVERITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANOXIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 64549145554     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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