Treatment of Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia: Dogma vs. Data

摘要

[...] which guideline takes precedence in terms of treatment recommendations for hospitalized residents with pneumonia? the recommendations in the atS/IDSA a guideline 2 do not match those published in other CAaP guidelines for treating nursing home-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized residents7,8; this difference in recommendations is not discussed in the atS/IDSA a guideline.2 Second, because the atS/IDSA a guideline2 may be interpreted as replacing previous guideline recommendations,7,8 physicians might try to apply this guideline to all nursing home residents hospitalized with a diagnosis of pneumonia. third, the atS/IDSA a guideline2 may be promoted as a standard of care by which to judge physician or hospital performance in the management of nursing home-acquired pneumonia, even though there are no clinical trials to support the validity of the recommendations.