This guideline covers organising and delivering emergency and acute medical care for people aged over 16 in the community and in hospital. It aims to reduce the need for hospital admissions by giving advanced training to paramedics and providing community alternatives to hospital care. It also promotes g...
The purpose of this guidance document is to inform physicians and
other health care practitioners of an increased risk of influenza
outbreaks in long-term care facilities (LTCF) during the 2014-2015
influenza season in Canada, and to provide recommendations for
adjustment to LTCF outbreak control measure...
Community-acquired pneumonia is diagnosed by clinical features (e.g., cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain) and by lung
imaging, usually an infiltrate seen on chest radiography. Initial evaluation should determine the need for hospitalization versus outpatient management using validated mortality or severi...
Pneumopathie infectieuse/imagerie diagnostique,
Pneumopathie infectieuse/thérapie,
Maladies de l'appareil respiratoire/diagnostic,
Soins ambulatoires/organisation et administration,
Hémoculture/instrumentation,
Macrolides/usage thérapeutique,
Doxycycline/usage thérapeutique,
Antibactériens/usage thérapeutique,
Fluoroquinolones/usage thérapeutique,
Unités de soins intensifs,
Pneumonie associée aux soins/prévention et contrôle
