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BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009

Wei Shen Lim, Simon Baudouin, Robert C. George, Adam T. Hill, C Jamieson, Ivan Le Jeune, J T Macfarlane, Robert Charles Read et al.

Thorax, 2009

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Abstract

A summary of the initial management of patients admitted to hospital with suspected community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is presented in fig 8. Tables 4 and 5, respectively, summarise (1) the relevant microbiological investigations and (2) empirical antibiotic choices recommended in patients with CAP. Investigations (Section 5)When should a chest radiograph be performed in the community?on July 30,

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