BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009

By W. Lim, S. Baudouin, R. George, A. Hill, C. Jamieson, I. Le Jeune, J. Macfarlane, R. Read, H. Roberts, M. Lévy and 2 more. Thorax, 2009

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Performances of prognostic scoring systems in patients with healthcare-associated pneumonia. (2013, background): “help clinicians predict the outcomes of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) [1, 2].”
Management of pleural infection in adults: British Thoracic Society pleural disease guideline 2010 (2010, methodology): “(C) For patients in hospital with community-acquired pneumonia the median time to improvement in heart rate and blood pressure is 2 days, and 3 days for temperature, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation.(66) A failure to respond to initial management may indicate the presence of a parapneumonic ef”
Macrolides and community-acquired pneumonia: is quorum sensing the key? (2010, background): “Combination therapy with two antimicrobial agents seems superior to monotherapy in severe CAP, and this approach is recommended by a number of organisations [4, 5 ].”