This seminar reviews important features and management issues of community-acquired
pneumonia (CAP) that are especially relevant to immunocompetent adults in light of new …

Background: This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the
management of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Methods: A …

SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATIONS A summary of the initial management of patients
admitted to hospital with suspected community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is presented in …

Improving the care of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been
the focus of many different organizations, and several have developed guidelines for …

This document is an update of the original 1993 statement on community-acquired
pneumonia, incorporating new information about bacteriology, patient stratification …

Guidelines for the management of community-acquired pneumonia were issued on behalf of
the Infectious Diseases Society of America in April 1998. The present version represents a …

PURPOSE: We assessed the performance of 3 validated prognostic rules in predicting 30-
day mortality in community-acquired pneumonia: the 20 variable Pneumonia Severity Index …

Methods A committee was established that was composed of members from both the CIDS
and CTS, plus additional colleagues from the United States with strong interests in CAP. The …

The initial management of patients suspected of having community-acquired pneumonia is
challenging because of the broad range of clinical presentations, potential life-threatening …

Pneumonia in the elderly is a common and serious problem with a clinical presentation that
can differ from that in younger patients. Older patients with pneumonia complain of …