Medical Section pf the American Lung Association: Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy

Michael S. Niederman; John B. Bass; G. Douglas Campbell; Alan M. Fein; Ronald F. Grossman; Lionel A. Mandell; Thomas J. Marrie; George A. Sarosi; Antoní Torres; Victor L. Yu

doi:10.1164/ajrccm/148.5.1418

Abstract

"Medical Section pf the American Lung Association: Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy." American Review of Respiratory Disease, 148(5), pp. 1418–1426

Keywords

MedicinePneumoniaCommunity-acquired pneumoniaAntimicrobialLung diseaseIntensive care medicineRespiratory diseaseInternal medicineLung

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United States Department of Veterans Affairs US

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 148
Issue: 5
Pages: 1418-1426
Citations: 1048
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                                    Michael S. Niederman, 
                                
                                    John B. Bass, 
                                
                                    G. Douglas Campbell
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            Medical Section pf the American Lung Association: Guidelines for the Initial Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, and Initial Antimicrobial Therapy. 
                            American Review of Respiratory Disease
                            , 148
                            (5)
                            , 1418-1426.
                            https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm/148.5.1418
                        

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DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm/148.5.1418