Hospital Admission Patterns in Adult Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Who Received Ceftriaxone and a Macrolide by Disease Severity across United States Hospitals

Hospital Admission Patterns in Adult Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Who Received Ceftriaxone and a Macrolide by Disease Severity across United States Hospitals

(1) Objective: There are limited data regarding community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) admissions patterns in US hospitals. Current expert CAP guidelines advocate for outpatient treatment or an abbreviated hospital stay for CAP patients in pneumonia severity index (PSI) risk classes I–III (low risk); ho...

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Main Authors: Thomas P. Lodise, Hoa Van Le, Kenneth LaPensee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
community-acquired bacterial pneumonia
community-acquired pneumonia
pneumonia severity index
length of stay
mortality
patient readmission
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/9/577

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