Management decisions regarding community-acquired pneumonia.
The successful management of community-acquired pneumonia requires many management decisions, including a decision as to the site of care, the type and duration of antibiotic therapy, and a discharge decision for patients who require hospitalization. A number of recent studies have defined and tested criteria for some of the management decisions indicated above.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences, Nova Scotia, Canada. tmarrie@is.dal.ca