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Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia
This chapter discusses the various aspects of managing community-acquired pneumonia, including the use of serum lactate as a predictor for mortality and ICU admission, the validity of the four or six-hour rule for antibiotic administration, the advantages of using oral antibiotics over IV antibiotics, and the importance of covering certain bacterial pathogens.