Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3233797 | Annals of Emergency Medicine | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
It may not be possible to identify 90% of hospitalized patients with a discharge diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia during their ED assessment by using the current JCAHO/CMS criteria. It may therefore be unrealistic to expect that 90% of such patients will have antibiotics delivered within 4 hours of hospital presentation. A more realistic performance standard for antibiotic administration should be established or case definitions modified to include only patients with a final ED community-acquired pneumonia diagnosis or objective clinical and radiographic evidence.
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Authors
Christopher MD, Ellen J. MD,