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British Thoracic Society guidelines for themanagement of community acquired pneumonia inadults: update 2009W S Lim, S V Baudouin, R C George, A T Hill, C Jamieson, I Le Jeune, J T Macfarlane,R C Read, H J Roberts, M L Levy, M Wani, M A Woodhead, Pneumonia GuidelinesCommittee of the BTS Standards of Care CommitteecFull search strategies for eachdatabase are published onlineonly at to:Dr W S Lim, RespiratoryMedicine, Nottingham UniversityHospitals, David Evans Building,Hucknall Road, Nottingham NG51PB, UK; 11 June 2009 Accepted 6 July 2009 SYNOPSIS OF RECOMMENDATIONSA summary of the initial management of patientsadmitted to hospital with suspected communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) is presented in fig 4 and 5, respectively, summarise (1) therelevant microbiological investigations and (2)empirical antibiotic choices recommended inpatients with (Section 5)When should a chest radiograph be performed in thecommunity?
A summary of the initial management of patients admitted to hospital with suspected community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is presented in fig 8. Tables 4 and 5, respectively, summarise (1) the relevant microbiological investigations and (2) empirical antibiotic choices recommended in
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