Abstract
The present guideline provides a new and updated concept of treatment and prevention of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia. It replaces the previous guideline dating from 2009. The guideline was worked out and agreed on following the standards of methodology of a S3-guideline. This includes a systematic literature search and grading, a structured discussion of recommendations supported by the literature as well as the declaration and assessment of potential conflicts of interests. The guideline has a focus on specific clinical circumstances, an update on severity assessment, and includes recommendations for an individualized selection of antimicrobial treatment as well as primary and secondary prevention.
Translated title of the contribution | Management of Adult Community-acquired Pneumonia and Prevention - Update 2016 Guideline of the German Respiratory Society, the Paul-Ehrlich-Society for Chemotherapy, the German Society for Infectious Diseases, the Competence Network CAPNETZ, the Austrian Respiratory Society, the Austrian Society for Infectious and Tropical Diseases and the Swiss Respiratory Society |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 151-200 |
Journal | Pneumologie |
Volume | 70 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2016 |