Impact of physician-assisted triage on timing of antibiotic delivery in patients admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 502-508

  Capp, Roberta ^a,b   Soremekun, Olan A ^a,b   Biddinger, Paul D ^b,c   White, Benjamin A ^b,c   Sweeney, Linda M ^b,c   Chang, Yuchiao ^b,c   Brown, David F M ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic delivery; community acquired pneumonia (CAP); core quality measures; physician assisted triage

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTED TRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROWDING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 84866094849     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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