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Recent CAP publications (2003)

Administrative Data Versus Corrected Administrative Data.

Price J, Estrada CA , Thompson D. Am J Med Qual 2003 Jan-Feb;18(1):38-45

These authors assessed the reliability of variables in a hospital administration database in comparison to case note review, for the calculation of economic outcomes for patients hospitalised with pneumonia. They found no significant differences in calculated economic outcomes and conclude that administrative data are reliable and cost effective for quality assessment in the treatment of pneumonia.

Clinical and epidemiological features of group A Streptococcal pneumonia in Ontario , Canada

Muller, M.P. et al. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2003; 163: 467-472

A prospective population based study of the epidemiology, aetiology, presentation and outcomes in group A Streptococcal pneumonia - a rare but severe disease of sudden onset and high mortality rate (38%).

Testing Strategies in the Initial Management of Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Joshua P. Metlay, MD, PhD, and Michael J. Fine, MD, MSc. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138:109-118 .

A review of the accuracy of history, physical examination, and laboratory findings for the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and of the predictors of mortality in

CAP. The authors postulate that chest xrays may not be required to exclude CAP in patients with disease of low severity.