Calc Function

  • Diagnosis
  • Rule Out
  • Prognosis
  • Formula
  • Treatment
  • Algorithm
  • Disease
    Select...
    Specialty
    Select...
    Chief Complaint
    Select...
    Organ System
    Select...

    Community-Acquired Pneumonia

    Official guideline from the American College of Emergency Physicians.

    summary by Eric Steinberg, DO

    Recommendations

    Diagnosis

    Level B

    export-img

    Level C

    export-img

    Intervention

    Level B

    export-img

    Level C

    export-img

    Level A
    Generally accepted principles for patient management that reflect a high degree of clinical certainty (ie, based on strength of evidence Class I or overwhelming evidence from strength of evidence Class II studies that directly address all of the issues).
    Level B
    Recommendations for patient management that may identify a particular strategy or range of management strategies that reflect moderate clinical certainty (ie, based on strength of evidence Class II studies that directly address the issue, decision analysis that directly addresses the issue, or strong consensus of strength of evidence Class III studies).
    Level C
    Other strategies for patient management that are based on preliminary, inconclusive, or conflicting evidence, or in the absence of any published literature, based on panel consensus.