Data complete?
Evaluation appropriate?
Number of risk factors for a healthcare associated pneumonia
Number of risk factors for a multidrug resistant organism
Is the patient at risk for a multidrug resistant pneumonia?
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Purpose: To identify a patient with pneumonia that may be multidrug resistant and healthcare associated based on the risk factors of Niederman et al.
Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Pharmacology, clinical
Objective: risk factors
ICD-10: J13, J14, J15, U88,