Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Ghazipura M. Optimal timing for antibiotic administration in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a rapid review. Toronto: Health Quality Ontario (HQO). Rapid Review. 2013 Authors' objectives This aim of this rapid review is to determine the optimal timing for administering antibiotics to patients
presenting with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) Authors' conclusions On the basis of two SRs evaluating the optimal timing for antibiotic administration for patients presenting with signs of CAP, the following conclusions were reached:
Very low quality evidence indicates that there is no significant difference in mortality for patients who received antibiotics within the first 4 hours of admission compared to those receiving antibiotics after 4 hours of admission.
Very low quality evidence shows no significant difference in terms of LOS for patients who received antibiotics within the first 4 hours of admission compared to those receiving antibiotics after 4 hours of admission. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Anti-Bacterial Agents; Community-Acquired Infectionss; Time Factors Language Published English Country of organisation Canada English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence Evidence Development and Standards, Health Quality Ontario, 130 Bloor Street West, 10th floor, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1N5 Email: EDSinfo@hqontario.ca AccessionNumber 32014001051 Date abstract record published 09/09/2014 |