Antibiotics have dramatically changed the prognoses of patients with severe infectious
diseases over the past 50 years. However, the emergence and dissemination of resistant …

Objective: To systematically review surveys of clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice
guidelines. Data sources: MEDLINE, HealthStar, Embase and CINAHL were searched …

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 report updates, expands, and replaces the previously published CDC" Guideline for
Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia". The new guidelines are designed to reduce the …

Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major cause of morbidity and
mortality worldwide. Clinical practice guidelines for empirical CAP treatment, formulated …

Objectives. A growing body of evidence suggests that provider decisionmaking contributes
to racial/ethnic disparities in care. We examined the factors mediating the relationship …

Background Reasons for intentional non-adherence to guidelines are largely unknown. The
objective of this systematic review was to gain insight into and categorize reasons for …

A 65-year old man with hypertension and degenerative joint disease presents to the
emergency department with a three-day history of a productive cough and fever. His …

Objective Adherence to clinical practice guidelines is highly variable. Our objective was to
review barriers to physicians' adherence to evidence-based guidelines (EBGs) for …

Objective: To study the adherence to local hospital guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis
in surgery, and explore reasons for non-adherence. Methods: A prospective, multicentre …