Audit of the prescription of antibiotic and oxygen therapy and chest Xray requests in community aquired pneumonia in the medical assessment unit

S. Chawla, A. J. Crowther (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Emphysema and oxygen therapy
Session: Emphysema and oxygen therapy
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 1516
Disease area: Respiratory critical care, Respiratory infections

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