Discharge Delay in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Managed on a Critical Pathway

INTRODUCTION: It has previously been reported that a critical pathway for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) significantly reduces bed days per patient managed but results in no difference in average length of stay, suggesting that discharge criteria were not successfully implemented. The present st...

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Main Authors: Jeremy J Moeller, Martin Ma, Paul Hernandez, Thomas Marrie, Claire Touchie, Ward Patrick
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2006-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/375645
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description INTRODUCTION: It has previously been reported that a critical pathway for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) significantly reduces bed days per patient managed but results in no difference in average length of stay, suggesting that discharge criteria were not successfully implemented. The present study sought to identify factors in the timing of discharge not taken into account by discharge criteria.
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spelling doaj-art-e5565eaf72884a1c81548fa95ae2709a2025-08-20T03:26:20ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322006-01-0117210911310.1155/2006/375645Discharge Delay in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Managed on a Critical PathwayJeremy J Moeller0Martin Ma1Paul Hernandez2Thomas Marrie3Claire Touchie4Ward Patrick5Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaFaculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaINTRODUCTION: It has previously been reported that a critical pathway for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) significantly reduces bed days per patient managed but results in no difference in average length of stay, suggesting that discharge criteria were not successfully implemented. The present study sought to identify factors in the timing of discharge not taken into account by discharge criteria.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2006/375645
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
title Discharge Delay in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Managed on a Critical Pathway
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