Podcast 57: Treating community-acquired pneumonia according to the guidelines

When treated according to 2007 IDSA/ATS guidelines, community-acquired pneumonia is a less dangerous disease. You need to administer only 10 guideline-compliant treatments to elderly people, according to one estimate, in order to save a life. A good deal, no? We have the authors of two papers on the benefits of compliance as our guests this week. Their studies were published in the September 14 edition of Archives of Internal Medicine.

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This week’s interview links:

• Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Guideline-Compliant Treatment Is Better
• IDSA/ATS guidelines

This week’s news links:

• Haemophilus Influenzae B Vaccine Recommendations
• FDA Calls for Boxed Warning on Promethazine Hydrochloride Injection

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