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Improving inpatient management of community‐acquired pneumonia in remote northern Australia
Author(s) -
Rémond Marc,
Watts Jared,
Maguire Graeme
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2008.01023.x
Subject(s) - northern territory , citation , respiratory medicine , library science , charles darwin , history , medicine , ethnology , surgery , computer science , genetics , darwinism , biology
[Extract] In 2003, the Antibiotic Writing Group of Therapeutic Guidelines Limited released an Australian guideline for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP),1 which used the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)2 as a prognostic indicator. In December 2003, an initiative was undertaken in the Kimberley in far north-western Australia to improve the management of inpatients with CAP. This involved disseminating and implementing a regional CAP guideline incorporating the national guideline.1\ud\udThis study aimed to document the nature and burden of CAP requiring inpatient care in the Kimberley and the influence of this initiative on CAP management