Time to First Antibiotic Dose Measurement in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Time for a Change

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 312-

  Pines, Jesse M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 67650382295     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.02.020     Document Type: Letter

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