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Alberta Medical Association. Guideline for the diagnosis and management of community acquired pneumonia: adult. Update 2006. Available from:
http://www.topalbertadoctors.org/NR/rdonlyres/5166A911-6157-48D4-83ED-D6B1D1D906FE/0/Pneumonia_Community_Adults_guideline.pdfia_adults.pdf (Recherchedatum: 16.01.2007).
American Thoracic Society (ATS). Guideline for the Management of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia-Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Prevention. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2001; 163: 1730-1754.
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/reprint/163/7/1730?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&titleabstract=Guideline+for+the+Management+of+Adults+with+Community-acquired+Pneumonia-Dianos&searchid=1140004638317_1592&FIRSTINDEX=0&fdate=1/1/2001&tdate=2/28/2002&journalcode=ajrccm (Recherchedatum: 16.01.2007).
Höffken G, Lorenz J, Kern W, Welte T, Bauer T, Dalhoff K, Dietrich E, Ewig S, Gastmeier P, Grabeln B, Halle E, Kolditz M, Marre R, Sitter H. Epidemiologie, Diagnostik, antimikrobielle Therapie und Management von erwachsenen Patienten mit ambulant erworbenen tiefen Atemwegsinfektionen (akute Bronchitis, akute Exazerbation einer chronischen Bronchitis, Influenza und andere respiratorische Virusinfektionen) sowie ambulant erworbener Pneumonie. S3-Leitlinie. AWMF online 2005.
http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/AWMF/ll/082-001.htm (Recherchedatum: 16.01.2007).
IDSA / ATS. Mandell LA, Wunderink RG, Anzueto A, Bartlett JG, Campbell GD, Dean NC, Dowell SF, File TM Jr., Musher DM, Niederman MS, Torres A, Whitney CG, Infectious Diseases Society of America/ American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2007; 44: 27-72.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/journal/issues/v44nS2/41620/41620.html (Recherchedatum: 20.02.2007).
Mandell LA, Bartlett JG, Dowell SF, File TM Jr., Musher DM, Whitney C. Update of Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 37: 1405-1433.
Weitere Publikationen:
Fine MJ, Auble TE, Yealy DM, Hanusa BH, Weissfeld LA, Singer DE, Coley CM, Marrie TJ, Kapoor WN. A Prediction Rule to identify low-risk Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Massachusetts Medical Society 1997. N Engl J Med 1997; 336: 243-250.
Meehan TP, Fine MJ, Krumholz HM, Scinto JD, Galusha DH, Mockalis JT, Weber GF, Perillo MK, Houck PM, Fine JM. Quality of Care, Process, and Outcomes in Elderly Patients With Pneumonia. JAMA 1997; 278 (23): 2080-2084.