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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Summary:	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 before being discharged. This report also discusses the importance of early administration of antibiotic therapy and the effectiveness of older, proven, yet inexpensive antibiotics compared with those used in the outpatient treatment of patients with CAP.
Item Description:	Title from PDF caption (viewed Mar. 7, 2008). "July 2002." Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	11 pages : digital, PDF file.
Format:	Mode of access: Internet from the AHRQ web site. Address as of 3/7/08: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/pneumonia/pneumonria.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.