New BTS guidance on management of community acquired pneumonia.
All patients should receive antibiotics as soon as the diagnosis of CAP is confirmed. This should be before they leave the initial assessment area (emergency department or medical assessment unit). The objective for any service should be to confirm a diagnosis of pneumonia with chest radiography and initiate antibiotic therapy for the majority of patients with CAP within 4 h of presentation to hospital.
December 28, 2009
Timing of antibiotic for CAP
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