• Journal of critical care · Oct 2014

    Management of severe community-acquired pneumonia: A survey on the attitudes of 468 physicians in Iberia and South America.

    • Jorge I F Salluh, Thiago Lisboa, Fernando A Bozza, Márcio Soares, and Pedro Póvoa.
    • D'or Institute for Research and Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Postgraduation Program, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: jorgesalluh@yahoo.com.br.
    • J Crit Care. 2014 Oct 1;29(5):743-7.

    PurposeThe purpose of this study is to characterize the practices of pulmonary, internal medicine, and critical care physicians toward the management of patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).Materials And MethodsA cross-sectional international anonymous survey was conducted among a convenience sample of critical care, pulmonary, emergency, and internal medicine physicians from Portugal, Spain, and South America between October and December 2008. The electronic survey evaluated physicians' attitudes toward diagnosis, risk assessment, and therapeutic interventions for patients with severe CAP.ResultsFour hundred sixty-eight physicians responded being 84.6% from 4 countries (Brazil, Portugal, Spain, and Argentina) whom 66.9% had more than 10 years experience. Risk assessment of severe CAP was very heterogeneous being clinical evaluation the most frequent. Although blood cultures were recognized as presenting a poor diagnostic performance, they were performed by 77.1%. In opposition, the presence of urinary pneumococcal and Legionella antigen was asked by less than one-third of physicians. The great majority (95%) prescribes antibiotics according to a guideline being the combination of β-lactam plus macrolide the most frequent choice.ConclusionsDespite the recent advances of knowledge reflected in the present study in the management of severe CAP, several of them are still incompletely translated into clinical practice. Significant variation in practice is observed among physicians and represents a potential target for future research and educational interventions.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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