Decreased mortality after implementation of a treatment guideline for community-acquired pneumonia.

Dean, N C; Silver, M P; Bateman, K A; James, B; Hadlock, C J; Hale, D

Dean, N C; Silver, M P; Bateman, K A; James, B; Hadlock, C J; Hale, D.

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Dean NC; Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah 84102, USA.

Am J Med ; 110(6): 451-7, 2001 Apr 15.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11331056

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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Community-Acquired Infections/mortality; Pneumonia/drug therapy; Pneumonia/mortality; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Community-Acquired Infections/drug therapy; Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Pneumonia/epidemiology; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Risk Factors; Rural Population; Urban Population; Utah/epidemiology

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Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia / Community-Acquired Infections / Anti-Bacterial Agents Type of study: Etiology_studies / Guideline / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: America do norte Language: En Year: 2001 Type: Article

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