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Pneumonia
The clinical distinction between community-acquired pneumonia and health care-associated pneumonia is crucial for correct management and antibiotic selection.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/05/coding.htm
15 May 2011
Cost of heart failure, pneumonia hospitalizations varies by hospital more than by patient
Researchers compared hospital payments for Medicare beneficiaries who were admitted for heart failure or pneumonia twice, once to a generally high-cost hospital and once to a low-cost hospital.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/20/2.htm
20 Nov 2019
For moderately ill pneumonia patients, mortality was lower in the ICU than on the ward
Researchers found that 36% of pneumonia patients living near hospitals with high ICU utilization rates were sent to the ICU, compared with 23% of patients living farther away.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/09/30/2.htm
30 Sep 2015
April 2012
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/04/
July 2011
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/07/
Individualized short-course antibiotics noninferior to usual care for VAP
In a randomized open-label trial, 41% of ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) who received antibiotics for seven days or less died or had pneumonia recurrence at 60 days versus 44% of those who received usual care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/individualized-short-course-antibiotics-noninferior-to-usual-care-for-vap.htm
31 Jan 2024
January 31, 2024
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/31/
March 29, 2023
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/03/29/
More broad-spectrum antibiotics used for nosocomial pneumonia, with no clear match to pathogens
Veterans showed similar rates of hospitalizations for pneumonia, including MRSA-caused, from 2006 to 2010, but use of vancomycin nearly doubled during the period.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/05/2.htm
5 Aug 2015
February 2015
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https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2015/02/