Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases
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Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi · Jun 2007
[Questionnaire survey of guideline implementation for community acquired pneumonia with retrospective analysis of the empiric treatment in 490 patients].
To assess physicians' awareness and use of guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) published by Chinese Society of Respiratory Diseases (CSRD) and American Thoracic Society (ATS), and to investigate influences of the guidelines on the prognosis of patients with CAP. ⋯ The results indicate low levels of awareness and use of guidelines for the management of CAP. Fewer than half of the patients were treated according to the guidelines. However, the treatments were effective in most of the patients, and there was no significant difference in the prognosis between patients who were treated according to the guideline and those who were not, because broad-spectrum antibiotics were overused. More effective guideline implementation strategies are needed to encourage compliance with practice guidelines for the management of CAP.
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Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi · Jun 2007
[The relationship between sputum eosinophils and responses to treatment of inhaled glucocorticoids in patients with persistent asthma].
To evaluate the treatment responses of asthmatics with and without sputum eosinophilia to inhaled glucocorticoids, and therefore to verify whether low sputum eosinophils predict poor response to treatment with inhaled glucocorticoids. ⋯ In asthmatics with low sputum EOS, inhaled glucocorticoid therapy for 3 months failed to improve pulmonary function. The result confirmed that low sputum EOS was the best predictor for poor glucocorticoid effect in asthma.