Guideline-concordant therapy and reduced mortality and length of stay in adults with community-acquired pneumonia: playing by the rules
C McCabe, C Kirchner, H Zhang, J Daley… - Archives of internal …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Clinical practice guidelines for empirical CAP treatment, formulated
jointly by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society
(ATS), remain controversial and inconsistently applied. We evaluated the impact of guideline-
concordant therapy on in-hospital survival and other outcomes using a large database
including adults treated for CAP in both community and tertiary care hospitals. Methods We …
mortality worldwide. Clinical practice guidelines for empirical CAP treatment, formulated
jointly by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society
(ATS), remain controversial and inconsistently applied. We evaluated the impact of guideline-
concordant therapy on in-hospital survival and other outcomes using a large database
including adults treated for CAP in both community and tertiary care hospitals. Methods We …
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