Guidelines-concordant empiric antimicrobial therapy and mortality in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8750842	Respiratory Investigation	2017	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Adherence to initial empiric treatment as recommended by the guidelines was associated with better short-term prognosis in patients with extremely severe pneumonia who required mechanical ventilation on hospital admission.

Keywords

CURB-65 JRS DPC IDSA Infectious Diseases Society of America Japanese Respiratory Society standard deviation ICU intensive care unit Diagnosis Procedure Combination BUN body mass index BMI blood urea nitrogen C-reactive protein CRP Community-acquired pneumonia CaP Guidelines A-DROP

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Guidelines-concordant empiric antimicrobial therapy and mortality in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation

Authors

Yukiyo MD, Yasuhiro MD, PhD, Hideo MD, PhD, Hideyuki MD, Wakae MD, Taisuke MD, PhD, Hiroki MPH, Kiyohide MD, PhD, Takahide MD, PhD,