Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2725369 | The American Journal of Medicine | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Our analysis of the US Medicare Pneumonia Project database provides further evidence that the routine practice of in-hospital observation after the switch from IV to oral antibiotics for patients with CAP may be avoided in patients who are clinically stable although these findings should be verified in a large randomized controlled trial.
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Authors
Ramesh V. MD, David C. MD, Cynthia PhD, Dale W. DO, MPH, Peter M. MD, Scott R. MD, MPH,