Diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department

Gregory J Moran; David A Talan; Fredrick M Abrahamian

doi:10.1016/j.idc.2007.10.003

Diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008 Mar;22(1):53-72, vi. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.10.003.

Authors

Gregory J Moran¹, David A Talan, Fredrick M Abrahamian

Affiliation

¹ David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. gmoran@ucla.edu

Abstract

Pneumonia is a condition that is often treated by emergency physicians. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of pneumonia in the emergency department and highlights dilemmas in diagnostic testing, use of blood and sputum cultures, hospital admission decisions, infection control, quality measures for pneumonia care, and empiric antimicrobial therapy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Decision Making
Emergency Medicine / methods*
Hospitalization
Humans
Pneumonia / diagnosis*
Pneumonia / drug therapy*
Pneumonia / microbiology
Sputum / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents