Effect of antibiotic guidelines on outcomes of hospitalized patients with nursing Home-acquired pneumonia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1030-1035

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b,c   Akinnusi, Morohunfolu E ^b   Alfarah, Ziad ^b   Patel, Anil ^c  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Guidelines; Mortality; Nursing home acquired pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; MACROLIDE; MONOBACTAM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NURSING HOME ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; NURSING HOME AQUIRED PNEUMONIA; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 66549125831     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02279.x     Document Type: Article

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