Monday, May 9, 2016

Clinical Practice Guidelines (Philippines, 2016): Community Acquired Pneumonia

Diagnosis, Empiric Management and Prevention of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults.2016.Treatment

This document can be downloaded from: http://philchest.org/v3/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CAP-Guidelines.pdf

philchest.org is the website of the Philippines College of Chest Physicians (PCCP)

The President of PCCP is: Dr Vincent Balanag

For an overview of PCCP please download the presentation at: http://philchest.org/about-pccp/

The cover page indicates that this document is a joint statement from: PSMID, PCCP, PAFP and PCR

For low risk community acquired pneumonia, AMOXICILLIN remains the standard drug of choice and the use of extended macrolides may also be considered.

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