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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
6
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2006-6-5
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pubmed:abstractText |
To evaluate the clinical benefit of in-hospital observation after the switch from intravenous (IV) to oral antibiotics in a large Medicare population. Retrospective studies of relatively small size indicate that the practice of in-hospital observation after the switch from IV to oral antibiotics for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is unnecessary.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jun
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pubmed:issn |
1555-7162
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pubmed:author |
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pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:volume |
119
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
512.e1-7
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Administration, Oral,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Aged, 80 and over,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Anti-Bacterial Agents,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Community-Acquired Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Confounding Factors (Epidemiology),
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Health Services Research,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Infusions, Intravenous,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Inpatients,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Length of Stay,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Medicare,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Observation,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Odds Ratio,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Patient Readmission,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Pneumonia, Bacterial,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Research Design,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-Treatment Outcome,
pubmed-meshheading:16750965-United States
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pubmed:year |
2006
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pubmed:articleTitle |
In-hospital observation after antibiotic switch in pneumonia: a national evaluation.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, Calif, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.,
Multicenter Study,
Evaluation Studies
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