title: Diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department.
abstract: Pneumonia is a condition that is often treated by emergency physicians. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department and highlights dilemmas in diagnostic testing, use of blood and sputum cultures, hospital admission decisions, infection control, quality measures for pneumonia care, and empiric antimicrobial therapy.
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. gmoran@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Talan
authors.forename: Fredrick M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Abrahamian
mesh_terms: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003657:Decision Making; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents