Of the 163 illnesses assigned a primary or secondary admitting diagnosis of pneumonia, infiltrates were identified on the admission radiograph by the pulmonologist in 156 (96%). Based on radiology ...
The paper is titled "Relationship Between Chest Radiography Results and Antibiotic Initiation in Community-Acquired Pneumonia Management by General Practitioners." A prospective cross-sectional ...
A joint case definition for pneumonia which used both radiographic data and discharge diagnosis data from ICD-9-CM codes or discharge summaries was utilized to minimize some of these biases.
An elderly man in the Netherlands ended up suffering serious pneumonia after being infected with a bacteria strain not seen ...
The Chinese Medical Association has released new guidelines for diagnosing and treating Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children.