Adherence to guidelines for hospitalized community-acquired pneumonia over time and its impact on health outcomes and mortality

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 929-940

  Costantini, Elisa ^a,b   Allara, Elias ^b,c   Patrucco, Filippo ^a,d,f   Faggiano, Fabrizio ^b   Hamid, Fozia ^e   Balbo, Piero Emilio ^a  

^a MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CITTÀ DELLA SALUTE E DELLA SCIENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adherence compliance; Community acquired pneumonia; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84964345539     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-016-1445-3     Document Type: Article

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