Effects of guideline-concordant antimicrobial therapy on mortality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 726-731

  Mortensen, Eric M ^a,c   Restrepo, Marcos ^b   Anzueto, Antonio ^b   Pugh, Jacqueline ^a  

^a Div of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GREPAFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SPARFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 8344262268     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.06.028     Document Type: Article

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