Pneumonia Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Pneumonia, including details on symptoms, viral, bacterial, treatment, causes, walking pneumonia.

Volume 3 (2006), Issue 12 (December)

1. Brief hospitalization and pulse oximetry for predicting amoxicillin treatment failure in children with severe pneumonia.
   Pediatrics, 118(6): e1822-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Does antibiotic selection impact patient outcome?
   Clin Infect Dis, 44(1): 87-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Routine use of the Pneumonia Severity Index for guiding the site-of-treatment decision of patients with pneumonia in the emergency department: a multicenter, prospective, observational, controlled cohort study.
   Clin Infect Dis, 44(1): 41-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Can empiric broad-spectrum antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia be narrowed based on Gram's stain results of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.
   Am J Surg, 192(6): 812-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Effectiveness of early switch from intravenous to oral antibiotics in severe community acquired pneumonia: multicentre randomised trial.
   BMJ, 333(7580): 1193. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Quality of care for the treatment of acute medical conditions in US hospitals.
   Arch Intern Med, 166(22): 2511-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Pathogenetic significance of biological markers of ventilator-associated lung injury in experimental and clinical studies.
   Chest, 130(6): 1906-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Respiratory physiotherapy to prevent pulmonary complications after abdominal surgery: a systematic review.
   Chest, 130(6): 1887-99. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. The impact of an antibiotic cycling program on empirical therapy for gram-negative infections.
   Chest, 130(6): 1672-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Prophylactic antibiotics to prevent pneumonia and other complications after measles: community based randomised double blind placebo controlled trial in Guinea-Bissau.
    BMJ, 333(7581): 1245. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Subglottic secretion viscosity and evacuation efficiency.
    Biol Res Nurs, 8(3): 202-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A randomized trial of diagnostic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
    N Engl J Med, 355(25): 2619-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea: setting our priorities right.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 7(1): 56-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Respiratory tract infection with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in interleukin-12 knockout mice results in improved bacterial clearance and reduced pulmonary inflammation.
    Infect Immun, 75(1): 236-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Routine evaluation for aspiration after thoracotomy for pulmonary resection.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 83(1): 193-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Neutrophil cannibalism--a back up when the macrophage clearance system is insufficient.
    Respir Res, 7: 143. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Reducing door-to-antibiotic time in community-acquired pneumonia: Controlled before-and-after evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis.
    Thorax, 62(1): 67-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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