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Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia in a Population-based Study
Background The etiologic profile of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) for each age group could be similar among inpatients and outpatients. This fact brings up the link between etiology of CAP ...
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Clinical Significance of Inflammatory Markers and Radiological Features in Predicting the Aetiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children
Background: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP ... CRP and WCC for different chest x-ray categories forming the basis of a model for prediction of aetiology. Results: A total of 404 subjects ...
Pneumonia misdiagnoses are common among hospitalized adults, study finds: There are 'implications'
Among older adults who were treated for community-acquired pneumonia in the hospital ... combined with radiographic evidence ...
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Antibiotic Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Switch and Step Down Therapy
The treatment of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia has traditionally been with intravenous antibiotics. The administration of intravenous antibiotics for community-acquired ...
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Study finds antibiotics given for suspected pneumonia even when chest radiography results are negative
A study in The Annals of Family Medicine explored how chest X-ray results influence antibiotic initiation by general practitioners in France when managing patients with suspected pneumonia.