The primary outcome was guideline-concordant care, defined as compliance with all Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease quality measures: (1) aspirin within 24 hours, (2) aspirin at discharge, (3) angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blockers for systolic dysfunction, (4) β-blockers at ...
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AnswerHow common was tobacco use in the 90 days prior to admission?
Tobacco use was common (37.6%) and cardiovascular medications were the most prescribed medications in the 90 days prior to admission (76.1%). A small group of patients (1.2%) received noninvasive mechanical ventilation during admission. Table 2 lists additional baseline characteristics.
Is HCAP a guideline?
If treating HCAP patients with guideline-concordant (GC)-HCAP antibiotics demonstrates improved mortality over HCAP patients treated with GC-CAP antibiotics, then the HCAP guidelines are effective and should remain the standard of treatment for HCAP patients.
