Predictors of timely antibiotic administration for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia from the cluster-randomized EDCAP trial

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 339, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-313

  Hsu, Douglas J ^a,b,c   Stone, Roslyn A ^a,g,j   Obrosky, D Scott ^a,i   Yealy, Donald M ^h   Meehan, Thomas P ^d   Fine, Jonathan M ^e   Graff, Louis G ^f   Fine, Michael J ⁱ  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^e NORWALK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Veterans Administration   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Pneumonia; Process of care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGN; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TIME;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950945180     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181d3cd63     Document Type: Article

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