CAP
Guidelines/ Reviews/ Meta-Analyses
- IDSA Guidelines 2019: Metlay et al. Am J Resp Crit Care Med. 2019;200(7):e45-e67.
- Review article (CAP): Musher et al. N Engl J Med 2014;371:1619-1628.
- Possible association between PPIs and CAP: Giuliano et al. Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol. 2012;5:337.
- Possible association between PPIs and CAP: Filion et al. Gut. 2014;63:552.
Trials
- Recent starting of PPI therapy was associated with CAP, but not long-term use of PPI: Sarker et al. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(6):391-398.
- Factors associated with better mortality in elderly patients with CAP: Ahkee et al. South Med J. 1997;90(3):296-8.
- Patients with positive blood cultures do worse: Haessler et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2020;71(7):1604-1612.
Articles
- PSI score: Fine et al. N Engl J Med. 1997;336:243-250.
- CURB-65 scoreLime et al. Thorax 2003;58:377-382.
- After CAP, quality of life was decreased and mortality increased at 1 year: Mangen et al. BMC Infect Dis. 2017;17(1):208.
Blog posts
HAP/VAP
Guidelines
- IDSA Guidelines 2016: Kalil et al. Clin Infect Dis 2016;63(5):e61–e111.
Trials
- INHALE: inhaled amikacin did not add benefit when added to standard of care for VAP: Niederman et al. Lancet Infect Dis. 2020;20(3):330-340.
Aspiration pneumonia
Review articles
Tweetorials
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