Community Acquired Pneumonia

noreply@blogger.com (Jon Brassey) — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:54:00 +0000

This review is a pragmatic attempt to highlight recent research and some backround reading in pneumonia. It should not be considered exhaustive, simply a way of reviewing some of the major developments and current thinking in the area.

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Evidence-Based Reports

Antibiotic prophylaxis of early onset pneumonia in critically ill comatose patients. A randomized study. Evidence-Based Decision Making in Critical Care, 2005
Gastric acid suppression and pneumonia. Bandolier Extra, 2005
Review: antibiotics active against atypical pathogens do not improve community acquired pneumonia more than B lactam antibiotics. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration), 2005

Clinical Guidelines

Diagnosis and Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. Towards Optimized Practice, 2006
Diagnosis and Treatment of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Children. Towards Optimized Practice, 2006
Community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, 2006
Evidence-based care guideline for community acquired pneumonia in children 60 days through 17 years of age. Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2006
Management of community-acquired pneumonia in the home: an American College of Chest Physicians clinical position statement, 2005
Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Childhood. British Thoracic Society, 2002
Guidelines for the Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. British Thoracic Society, 2004
Chest Infections. PRODIGY, 2005

Systematic reviews

Vitamin C for preventing and treating pneumonia. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2007
Vitamin A for non-measles pneumonia in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2005
Antibiotics for community acquired pneumonia in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
Oral antibiotics versus parenteral antibiotics for severe pneumonia in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2006
Comparison of early intravenous to oral switch amoxicillin/clavulanate with parenteral ceftriaxone in treatment of hospitalized patients with community acquired pneumonia. NHS EED, 2005
A clinical and economic study of community-acquired pneumonia between single versus combination therapy. NHS EED, 2005

Recent articles in core journals

Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia. American Family Physician, 2006
Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Infants and Children. American Family Physician, 2004
A validation and potential modification of the pneumonia severity index in elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2006
Development and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule for Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2006
Procalcitonin Guidance of Antibiotic Therapy in Community-acquired Pneumonia: A Randomized Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2006
Effect of increasing the intensity of implementing pneumonia guidelines: a randomized, controlled trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2005
Statins and outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia: population based prospective cohort study. BMJ, 2006
Effectiveness of discontinuing antibiotic treatment after three days versus eight days in mild to moderate-severe community acquired pneumonia: randomised, double blind study. BMJ, 2006
Effect of a clinical pathway to reduce hospitalizations in nursing home residents with pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 2006

eTextbooks

Clinical queries

What are the typical antibiotics used to treat community acquired pneumonia? NLH Q&A Service, 2007
Is there any indication for vaccination in patients who have had a previous community acquired pneumonia without underlying lung disease? NLH Q&A Service, 2006

Patient Information

TRIP Evidence Reviews: Pneumonia

Pneumonia - Minor Update

Community Acquired Pneumonia