Quality pneumonia care: Distinguishing community-acquired from health care-associated pneumonia

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 66, Issue 12 SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  Shorr, Andrew F ^a   Owens Jr , Robert C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Cross infection; Diagnosis; Mortality; Pneumonia; Rational therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849119306     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2146/090087b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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