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Improving treatment decisions for patients with community-acquired pneumonia /

This report describes two tools developed by AHRQ-funded research that help assess the need for hospitalization. The first tool is the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI). The second tool is an instrument that enables clinicians to determine whether a hospitalized pneumonia patient is medically stable be...

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Main Author: Stanton, Mark W.
Corporate Author: United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Rockville, Md. : Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, [2002]
Series:Research in action (United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) ; issue #7.
AHRQ publication ; no. 02-0033.
Subjects:
Pneumonia > Treatment > United States.
Community-acquired infections > Treatment > United States.
Pneumonia > diagnosis > United States.
Pneumonia > drug therapy > United States.
Ambulatory Care > utilization > United States.
Anti-Bacterial Agents > therapeutic use > United States.
Community-Acquired Infections > drug therapy > United States.
Severity of Illness Index > United States.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS91806

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