RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 British Thoracic Society community acquired pneumonia guideline and the NICE pneumonia guideline: how they fit together
JF BMJ Open Respiratory Research
JO BMJ Open Resp Res
FD British Thoracic Society
SP e000091
DO 10.1136/bmjresp-2015-000091
VO 2
IS 1
A1 W S Lim
A1 D L Smith
A1 M P Wise
A1 S A Welham
YR 2015
UL http://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000091.abstract
AB The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline for the management of adults with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) published in 2009 was compared with the 2014 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Pneumonia Guideline. Of the 36 BTS recommendations that overlapped with NICE recommendations, no major differences were found in 31, including those covering key aspects of CAP management: timeliness of diagnosis and treatment, severity assessment and empirical antibiotic choice. Of the five BTS recommendations where major differences with NICE were identified, one related to antibiotic duration in low and moderate severity CAP, two to the timing of review of patients and two to legionella urinary antigen testing.