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Clinical Approach To Non-Responsive Pneumonia Diagnosed In The Primary Care Office: A Retrospective Feasibility Study, O Olowoyeye, Kiley Bernhard, Dennis Baumgardner
Clinical Approach To Non-Responsive Pneumonia Diagnosed In The Primary Care Office: A Retrospective Feasibility Study, O Olowoyeye, Kiley Bernhard, Dennis Baumgardner
Dennis Baumgardner
Background/significance: Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is commonly diagnosed in the primary clinical setting and often successfully treated. Treatment failures occur in 6-7% of patients treated in the ambulatory setting. However, the management of non-responsive pneumonia has been poorly studied and is not clearly understood.
Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine the feasibility of use of the Aurora data warehouse to characterize clinical features and clinician approach to NRP.
Methods: This is a retrospective study of medical records taken from the Aurora Health Care database based on ICD9 codes for pneumonia (codes 480-486). Patient visits from 10/5/2006 to …