39. ID:IOTS Journal Club: 3 days treatment for CAP

ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists

English - January 23, 2023 05:00 - 28.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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It's time for journal club! Jame and Callum discuss community acquired pneumonia treatment and a paper from 2021 which examines shorter duration therapy for patients responding to therapy.

Paper discussed:
Dinh, Aurélien et al. “Discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in non-critical care wards (PTC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial.”
Lancet 2021;397: 1195-1203.
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00313-5

Shorter is Better site:
https://www.bradspellberg.com/shorter-is-better

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