Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections

M Woodhead, F Blasi, S Ewig, G Huchon… - European …, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
BACKGROUND Since the 1998 European Respiratory Society (ERS) lower respiratory tract
infection (LRTI) guidelines 1 were published, the evidence on which they were based has …

Diagnosis of stroke-associated pneumonia: recommendations from the pneumonia in stroke consensus group

CJ Smith, AK Kishore, A Vail, A Chamorro, J Garau… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Lower respiratory tract infections frequently complicate stroke
and adversely affect outcome. There is currently no agreed terminology or gold-standard …

Community-acquired pneumonia in Europe: causative pathogens and resistance patterns

M Woodhead - European Respiratory Journal, 2002 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common condition affecting about 1/1,000 of the
adult population per year. It occurs when bacteria enter the alveolar spaces of the lung …

[HTML][HTML] UK controlled trial of intrapleural streptokinase for pleural infection

NA Maskell, CWH Davies, AJ Nunn… - … England Journal of …, 2005 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Intrapleural fibrinolytic agents are used in the drainage of infected pleural-fluid
collections. This use is based on small trials that did not have the statistical power to …

[HTML][HTML] The natural history of community-acquired pneumonia in COPD patients: a population database analysis

H Müllerova, C Chigbo, GW Hagan, MA Woodhead… - Respiratory …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are at higher
risk of developing Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) than patients in the general …

[HTML][HTML] Community-acquired pneumonia on the intensive care unit: secondary analysis of 17,869 cases in the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database

M Woodhead, CA Welch, DA Harrison, G Bellingan… - Critical Care, 2006 - Springer
Introduction This paper describes the case mix, outcome and activity for admissions to
intensive care units (ICUs) with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Methods We …

Prospective study of prognostic factors in community-acquired bacteremic pneumococcal disease in 5 countries

M Kalin, Å Örtqvist, M Almela… - The Journal of …, 2000 - academic.oup.com
To define the influence of prognostic factors in patients with community-acquired
pneumococcal bacteremia, a 2-year prospective study was performed in 5 centers in …

How is pneumonia diagnosed in clinical stroke research? A systematic review and meta-analysis

AK Kishore, A Vail, A Chamorro, J Garau, SJ Hopkins… - Stroke, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Diagnosis of pneumonia complicating stroke is challenging, and
there are currently no consensus diagnostic criteria. As a first step in developing such …

Diagnosis and management of community and hospital acquired pneumonia in adults: summary of NICE guidance

S Eccles, C Pincus, B Higgins, M Woodhead - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Sinan Eccles specialist trainee in respiratory medicine1, Celia Pincus project manager2,
Bernard Higgins National Clinical Guideline Centre clinical director and respiratory …

Primary care summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: 2009 update Endorsed by the …

ML Levy, IL Jeune, MA Woodhead… - Primary Care …, 2010 - nature.com
Method: Systematic electronic database searches were conducted in order to identify
potentially relevant studies that might inform guideline recommendations. Generic study …