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" Antimicrobial Therapy for Pneumonia in the Emergency Department: The Impact of Clinical Pharmacists on Appropriateness "
Faine, Brett A.; Mohr, Nicholas; Dietrich, Jenna; Meadow, Laura; Harland, Kari; Chrischilles, Elizabeth

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	933103
Doc. No	:	LA3k38771d
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Faine, Brett A.; Mohr, Nicholas; Dietrich, Jenna; Meadow, Laura; Harland, Kari; Chrischilles, Elizabeth
Title & Author	:	Antimicrobial Therapy for Pneumonia in the Emergency Department: The Impact of Clinical Pharmacists on Appropriateness [Article]\ Faine, Brett A.; Mohr, Nicholas; Dietrich, Jenna; Meadow, Laura; Harland, Kari; Chrischilles, Elizabeth
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	18/5
Date	:	2017
Abstract	:	Introduction: Pneumonia impacts over four million people annually and is the leading cause of infectiousdisease-related hospitalization and mortality in the United States. Appropriate empiric antimicrobialtherapy decreases hospital length of stay and improves mortality. The objective of our study was to testthe hypothesis that the presence of an emergency medicine (EM) clinical pharmacist improves the timingand appropriateness of empiric antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) andhealthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP).