Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Guideline
. 2008 Jul;62(1):5-34.
doi: 10.1093/jac/dkn162. Epub 2008 Apr 29.

Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the UK: report of the working party on hospital-acquired pneumonia of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

R G Masterton  1 , A Galloway, G French, M Street, J Armstrong, E Brown, J Cleverley, P Dilworth, C Fry, A D Gascoigne, Alan Knox, Dilip Nathwani, Robert Spencer, Mark Wilcox
Affiliations
Guideline

Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the UK: report of the working party on hospital-acquired pneumonia of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

R G Masterton et al. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008 Jul.

Abstract

These evidence-based guidelines have been produced after a systematic literature review of a range of issues involving prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). Prevention is structured into sections addressing general issues, equipment, patient procedures and the environment, whereas in treatment, the structure addresses the use of antimicrobials in prevention and treatment, adjunctive therapies and the application of clinical protocols. The sections dealing with diagnosis are presented against the clinical, radiological and microbiological diagnosis of HAP. Recommendations are also made upon the role of invasive sampling and quantitative microbiology of respiratory secretions in directing antibiotic therapy in HAP/ventilator-associated pneumonia.

PubMed Disclaimer

Comment in

References

    1. Gross P, Neu H, Aswapokee P, et al. Deaths from nosocomial infections: experience in a university hospital and a community hospital. Am J Med. 1980;68:219–23. - PubMed
    1. Leu HS, Kaiser DL, Mori M, et al. Hospital-acquired pneumonia. Attributable mortality and morbidity. Am J Epidemiol. 1989;129:1258–67. - PubMed
    1. Chastre J, Fagon JY. Ventilator-associated pneumonia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002;165:867–903. - PubMed
    1. Cook DJ, Walter SD, Cook RJ, et al. Incidence of and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients. Ann Intern Med. 1998;129:433–40. - PubMed
    1. Department of Health. Going further faster: Implementing the Saving Lives delivery programme. (10 February 2008, date last accessed). Published May 2006. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/Publicati... .

MeSH terms

Substances