The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 10 , Pages 859-864 , October 2006

Antibiotic Therapy and 48-Hour Mortality for Patients with Pneumonia

  • Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Evidence Based Research Dissemination and Implementation Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Eric Mortensen, MD, MSc, VERDICT, ALMD/UTHSCSA, Ambulatory Care (11C6), 7400 Merton Minter Boulevard, San Antonio, TX 78284.
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  • Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Evidence Based Research Dissemination and Implementation Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex
    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex.
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  • Antonio Anzueto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex.
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  • Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Evidence Based Research Dissemination and Implementation Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Tex

Received 27 September 2005 ,Accepted 5 April 2006.

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    Proportion of surviving patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia by use of guideline-concordant antibiotics versus non–guideline-concordant antibiotics after adjusting for the propensit

    Proportion of surviving patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia by use of guideline-concordant antibiotics versus non–guideline-concordant antibiotics after adjusting for the propensity score (P = .05).

 Dr. Mortensen was supported by a Department of Veteran Affairs Vertically Integrated Service Network 17 new faculty grant and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute faculty start-up grant 00378-001. Dr. Pugh was supported by Department of Veteran Affairs grants REA 05-129 and RCD 04-297. This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

PII: S0002-9343(06)00446-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.04.017

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 119, Issue 10 , Pages 859-864 , October 2006

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