Community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia
β Scribed by Christian J. Herold; Johannes G. Sailer
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 719 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1613-3749
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π SIMILAR VOLUMES
Community-acquired pneumonia remains a common and serious illness, which affects children of all age groups. The spectrum of causative organisms is wide and it differs according to the age of patients. Therefore, age is a good predictor of the cause of pneumonia. Because of the nonspecificity, of cl
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Communityβacquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of 3 initial conditions for which the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have defined quality measures. Eight βcore measuresβ of pneumonia care have been