Summary for Clinicians: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-acquired Pneumonia

Barbara E Jones^{1

2}, Derrick D Herman³, Charles S Dela Cruz⁴, Grant W Waterer^{5

6}, Joshua P Metlay⁷, Joseph K Ruminjo⁸, Carey C Thomson^{9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah.
² University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
⁴ Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Pulmonary Infection Research and Treatment, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ American Thoracic Society, New York, New York.
⁹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital/Beth Israel Lahey Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
¹⁰ Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Comment

Barbara E Jones et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;17(2):133-138.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201909-704CME.

Barbara E Jones^{1

2}, Derrick D Herman³, Charles S Dela Cruz⁴, Grant W Waterer^{5

6}, Joshua P Metlay⁷, Joseph K Ruminjo⁸, Carey C Thomson^{9

10}

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah.
² University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.
⁴ Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Center for Pulmonary Infection Research and Treatment, Yale Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital Unit, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁸ American Thoracic Society, New York, New York.
⁹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mount Auburn Hospital/Beth Israel Lahey Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and.
¹⁰ Auburn Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical practice; community-acquired pneumonia; guidelines; pneumonia; pulmonary infection.

Comment on

Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Metlay JP, Waterer GW, Long AC, Anzueto A, Brozek J, Crothers K, Cooley LA, Dean NC, Fine MJ, Flanders SA, Griffin MR, Metersky ML, Musher DM, Restrepo MI, Whitney CG. Metlay JP, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019 Oct 1;200(7):e45-e67. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201908-1581ST. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019. PMID: 31573350 Free PMC article.