National Guideline Clearinghouse | British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009.

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National Guideline Clearinghouse | British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009.

Guideline Title

British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009.

Bibliographic Source(s)

Lim WS, Baudouin SV, George RC, Hill AT, Jamieson C, Le Jeune I, Macfarlane JT, Read RC, Roberts HJ, Levy ML, Wani M, Woodhead MA, Pneumonia Guidelines Committee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee. BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009. Thorax 2009 Oct;64(Suppl 3):iii1-55. [502 references] PubMed

Guideline Status

This is the current release of the guideline.
This guideline updates a previous version: BTS Pneumonia Guidelines Committee. BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults - 2004 update. London (UK): British Thoracic Society; 2004. 22 p. [37 references]

Thorax. 2009 Oct;64 Suppl 3:iii1-55.

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

Lim WS, Baudouin SV, George RC, Hill AT, Jamieson C, Le Jeune I, Macfarlane JT, Read RC, Roberts HJ, Levy ML, Wani M, Woodhead MA; Pneumonia Guidelines Committee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee.

Collaborators (36)

Lim WS, Baudouin S, George R, Hill A, Jamieson C, Le Jeune I, Macfarlane J, Read R, Roberts H, Levy M, Wani M, Woodhead M, Roberts H, Lim WS, Woodhead MA, George R, Le Jeune I, Wani M, Le Jeune I, Wani M, George R, Lim WS, Lim WS, Roberts H, Hill A, Baudouin S, Baudouin S, Hill A, Read R, Woodhead MA, George R, Macfarlane JT, Roberts H, Lim WS, Levy M, Macfarlane JT.

Source

Respiratory Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals, David Evans Building, Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK. weishen.lim@nuh.nhs.uk

Comment in

• Severity-of-illness assessment in community-acquired pneumonia. [Thorax. 2011]
  Severity-of-illness assessment in community-acquired pneumonia.Challen K, Bentley A, Walter D. Thorax. 2011 Apr; 66(4):351; author reply 351-2. Epub 2010 Oct 26.

PMID:

19783532

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