Effect of a 3-step critical pathway to reduce duration of intravenous antibiotic therapy and length of stay in community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Arch Intern Med on June 25, 2012

Authors

Jordi Carratalà1, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Lucía Ortega, Núria Fernández-Sabé, Mercedes Clemente, Ginesa Albero, Marta López, Xavier Castellsagué, Jordi Dorca, Ricard Verdaguer, Joaquín Martínez-Montauti, Frederic Manresa, Francesc Gudiol

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Disease Service, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL)-Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, University of Barcelona, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain. jcarratala@ub.edu

Associated clinical trials:

IMPROVinG Outcomes in Community Acquired Pneumonia (IMPROVe-GAP) | NCT02835040

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