AUTOR/ES: Richard D. Branson, BA, RRT, Neil R. MacIntyre, MD, FAARC and Thomas J. Marrie, MD
ISBN: 9781416027188
AÑO: 2005
IDIOMA: Inglés
ENCUADERNACIÓN: Softcover, Reference
PÁGINAS: 144
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DE INTERES PARA: Medicine
RELACIONADOS: Respiratory Medicine
PUNTOS CLAVE: Community-acquired pneumonia is an illness with great diversity. This book offers a comprehensive look at the illness. Articles include: community-acquired pneumonia practice guidelines; management of community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency room; tuberculosis; multicenter, multinational observational studies; hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; hendra and nipah viruses; utility of administrative data; measuring quality of care; and the effect of malnutrition on risk and outcome.
INDICE: 1. Do Guidelines Guide Pneumonia Practice? A Systematic Review of Interventions and Barriers to Best Practice in the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Simpson, Marrie, and Majumbdar)2. Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Emergency Room (Marrie and Majumdar) 3. Tuberculosis: Still Overlooked as a Cause of Community-Acquired PneumoniaHow Not to Miss it (Kunimoto) 4. Multicenter, Multinational Observational Studies: A New Approach to Studying Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Ramirez) 5. Community Acquired Pneumonia: New Facets of an Old DiseaseHantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) (Miedizinski) 6. Hendra and Nipah Viruses: New Zoonatically-Acquired Human Pathogens (McCormack) 7. The Utility of Administrative Data in Helping the Clinician Understand and Treat Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Johnson) 8. What Have We Learned About How to Measure Quality of Care for Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Metersky, Abend, and Meehan) 9. The Effect of Malnutrition on Risk and Outcome of Community-Acquired Pneumonia (Loeb and High)
DATOS DEL AUTOR: By Richard D. Branson, BA, RRT, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma/Critical Care, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; Neil R. MacIntyre, MD, FAARC, Professor of Medicine, Respiratory Care Services, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Thomas J. Marrie, MD