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Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

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  • Reference number: CG191
  • Published:  03 December 2014
  • Last updated:  31 October 2023
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Research recommendations coming out of this guidance

  • In moderate- to high-severity community-acquired pneumonia does using legionella and pneumococcal urinary antigen testing in addition to other routine tests improve outcomes?

  • In patients hospitalised with moderate- to high-severity community-acquired pneumonia, does using C-reactive protein monitoring in addition to clinical observation to guide antibiotic duration safely reduce the total duration of antibiotic therapy compared with a fixed empirical antibiotic course?

  • What is the clinical effectiveness of continuous positive pressure ventilation compared with usual care in patients with community-acquired pneumonia and type I respiratory failure without a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

  • Can rapid microbiological diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia reduce the use of xtendedspectrum antibiotic therapy, without adversely affecting outcomes?

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