Annals of internal medicine

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Ann. Intern. Med. · Feb 2005

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The effects of a smoking cessation intervention on 14.5-year mortality: a randomized clinical trial.

Randomized clinical trials have not yet demonstrated the mortality benefit of smoking cessation. ⋯ Smoking cessation intervention programs can have a substantial effect on subsequent mortality, even when successful in a minority of participants.

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Ann. Intern. Med. · Feb 2005

Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

Outpatient care compared with hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized trial in low-risk patients.

The Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) has been advocated as an objective measure of risk stratification to help determine the initial site of treatment for patients with community-acquired pneumonia. ⋯ In selected patients who had community-acquired pneumonia, PSI risk class II and III, and were treated with levofloxacin, outpatient care in the absence of respiratory failure, unstable comorbid conditions, complicated pleural effusions, and social problems was as safe and effective as hospitalization and provided greater patient satisfaction.

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