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From: Empirical prescribing of penicillin G/V reduces risk of readmission of hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia in Norway: a retrospective observational study

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Patient inclusion process. UNN; University Hospital of North Norway. a) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) 10 codes applied: Pneumonia due to J13; Streptococcus pneumoniae, J14; Hemophilus influenzae, J15.0-J15.6; Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, other Stretptococci, Escherchia coli or other Gram-negative bacteria, J15.7; Mycoplasma pneumoniae, J15.8; other specified bacteria, J15.9; Unspecified bacterial pneumonia, J16; Chlamydia pneumonia and other specified organism, J18; Bronchopneumoniae, unspecified organism. b) Nosocomial pneumonia; pneumonia presenting 48 h after admission to hospital. Aspiration pneumonia; pneumonia due to inhalation of either oropharyngeal or gastric contents into the lower airways. Documented in patient notes. c) Immunsuppresion or maliganancy; Transplanted, cancer, receiving cytostatic drugs, human immunodeficiency virus and immunodeficiency with antibody defects

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