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Walla Walla General Hospital: Setting Staff Up for Success in Pneumonia Care [PDF]
, 2010 Outlines education and reinforcement strategies, including building a quality culture and implementing a hospitalist program, standardized order sets, and staff supports, that enable high performance on pneumonia care core measures.
Aimee Lashbrook
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Expert Review of Vaccines, 2018 Background: The advantages of dual pneumococcal and influenza vaccination in older adults have not been clarified and controversy remains regarding their optimal use. Methods: This meta-analysis was conducted on 25 January 2018 using PubMed, the Cochrane
Mingjuan Yin +6 more
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Parkview Medical Center: Underscoring the Importance of Communication in Pneumonia Care [PDF]
, 2009 Highlights successful strategies for excellence in pneumonia care, including evidence-based education, regular communication, and reinforcement via concurrent review; reassigning vaccination responsibilities; and improving antibiotic selection and ...
Aimee Lashbrook
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PneumoniaBackground The incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia in the context of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, along with the real-world data on the ratio of non-invasive to invasive pneumococcal pneumonia, is an area that has not been thoroughly
King-Pui Florence Chan +6 more
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Impact of infant pneumococcal vaccination on pneumococcal pneumonia hospitalizations in older adults [PDF]
, 2019 Pneumonia is an important cause of morbidity, mortality and expenditure of health resources. Since the introduction of conjugated pneumococcal vaccines (PCV) in infant immunization programs in 2000s, there is consistent evidence of pneumonia reduction ...
Froes, Filipe +6 more
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Global Journal of Medicine and Public HealthPneumococcus is an important cause of community acquired pneumonia and the commonest cause of community acquired bacterial pneumonia. It also causes invasive pneumococcal disease that increases hospitalization rates, economic burden, morbidity and ...
Salil Bendre +2 more
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Community-acquired pneumonia in children: cell-free plasma sequencing for diagnosis and management. [PDF]
, 2019 Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of pediatric hospital admission. Empiric antibiotic therapy for hospitalized children with serious CAP now targets the most likely pathogen(s), including those that may demonstrate significant ...
Bradley, John S +8 more
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PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS AND VACCINATION — CAN PREVENTION REDUCE THE BURDEN OF THE ILLNESS
Педиатрическая фармакология, 2007 The article gives the findings of the widest ranging research carried on in the USA to appraise the efficiency of vaccination by the study of the hospitalization frequency for pneumonia of any etiology and for dehydration after the program of ...
L.S. Namazova +2 more
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Holland Hospital: Improving Pneumonia Care by Hardwiring Process Enhancements [PDF]
, 2009 Outlines successful strategies for improving care for pneumonia, including implementing core measure teams, concurrent reviews, financial incentives, a focus on system factors, preprinted order sets, and reassigning tasks.
Aimee Lashbrook
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Antibody responses to nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults: A longitudinal household study [PDF]
, 2005 Background. Natural immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae is thought to be induced by exposure to S. pneumoniae or cross-reactive antigens. No longitudinal studies of carriage of and immune responses to S.
Andrews, N +12 more
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