Safely Increasing the Proportion of Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Treated as Outpatients | Zendy

Steven J. Atlas | Zendy; Theodore I. Benzer | Zendy; Leila H. Borowsky | Zendy; Yuchiao Chang | Zendy; Diann C. Burnham | Zendy; Joshua P. Metlay | Zendy; Ethan A. Halm | Zendy; Daniel E. Singer | Zendy

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Safely Increasing the Proportion of Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Treated as Outpatients

Author(s) -

Steven J. Atlas,

Theodore I. Benzer,

Leila H. Borowsky,

Yuchiao Chang,

Diann C. Burnham,

Joshua P. Metlay,

Ethan A. Halm,

Daniel E. Singer

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.158.12.1350

Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , confidence interval , pneumonia severity index , relative risk , community acquired pneumonia , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , pediatrics , nursing

Patients with community-acquired pneumonia who are at low risk for short-term mortality can be identified using a validated prediction rule, the Pneumonia Severity Index. Such patients should be candidates for outpatient treatment, yet many are hospitalized.

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