Time to first antibiotics for pneumonia is not associated with in-hospital mortality

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Sucov, Andrew ^a   Valente, Jonathan ^b   Reinert, Steven E ^c  

^a St Anne's Hospital   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lifespan   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Emergency Department; Outcomes; Pneumonia; Quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; TIME TO FIRST ANTIBIOTIC; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BREATHING RATE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84897354012     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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