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- Title
Guideline Concordance in Managing Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Room for Improvement.
- Authors
Tan, YG Alvin; Scott, Ian A
- Abstract
Only 3 patients had a recorded pneumococcal vaccine status, and 26 patients had a documented penicillin allergy. Most patients (96%) had data available on the variables used to retrospectively calculate a SMART-COP score; in the remaining 8 (4%) patients, pH was not available in the absence of blood gas analyses at presentation. Keywords: community-acquired pneumonia; guideline concordance; risk stratification; microbiological investigations; antibiotics EN community-acquired pneumonia guideline concordance risk stratification microbiological investigations antibiotics 79 88 10 05/09/23 20221101 NES 221101 YG Alvin Tan, SP 1, sp SP 2 sp Ian A Scott SP 1, sp SP 2 sp SP 1 sp Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; SP 2 sp Greater Brisbane School of Clinical Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Correspondence: YG Alvin Tan, Tel +61 7 3176 2111, Email [email protected] Introduction Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is defined as a lower respiratory infection with onset in the community or within 48 hours of hospitalization.[1] Respiratory infections are a common cause for hospitalisations and mortality in Australia.[2],[3] The precise incidence of CAP is uncertain[4] but is estimated at about 2 per 1000 people per year and accounts for about 2% of hospital admissions.[5] Clinical guidelines from various jurisdictions help guide management of patients with CAP[1],[6],[7] regarding the choice of initial antibiotics and use of severity assessment tools (SATs) that risk stratify patients in determining need for admission or likelihood of death or other adverse outcomes.
- Subjects
COMMUNITY-acquired pneumonia; PATIENT discharge instructions; HEART failure patients; TUBERCULOSIS patients; CONCORDANCES; HEALTH information technology
- Publication
Clinical Audit, 2022, Vol 14, p79
- ISSN
1179-2760
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/CA.S377148