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. 2012 Jul;29(Suppl 2):S27-62.
doi: 10.4103/0970-2113.99248.

Guidelines for diagnosis and management of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults: Joint ICS/NCCP(I) recommendations

Dheeraj Gupta  1 , Ritesh Agarwal, Ashutosh Nath Aggarwal, Navneet Singh, Narayan Mishra, G C Khilnani, J K Samaria, S N Gaur, S K Jindal; Pneumonia Guidelines Working Group
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Guidelines for diagnosis and management of community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults: Joint ICS/NCCP(I) recommendations

Dheeraj Gupta et al. Lung India. 2012 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: CAP; HAP; HCAP; VAP; pneumonia.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Figure 1
Algorithmic approach to diagnosis and management of CAP (ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; CXR, chest radiograph; ICU, intensive care unit; LFTs, liver function tests; SaO2, arterial saturation)
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Figure 2
Algorithmic approach to diagnosis and management of HAP
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Figure 3
Assessment of the risk of MDR pathogens in HAP/VAP
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