"Do Antibiotics Improve Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized with COPD Ex" by Sagi Mathew, Deborah S. Zeitlin et al.
 

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Title

The Journal of Family Practice

First Page

561

Last Page

573

Additional Publication URL

http://www.jfponline.com

Abstract

EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER

YES. Antibiotic use reduced mortality and treatment failure in patients hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A, systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials [RCTs]).

Giving antibiotics early to hospitalized patients decreased the need for later ventilation and readmission within 30 days for exacerbation of COPD (SOR: B, a retrospective cohort study).

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This article was archived with permission from Frontline Medical Communications Inc., all rights reserved. Document also available from Journal of Family Practice.

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