[Treatment of pneumonia with penicillins: oral or intravenous?]
Danish Health Technology Assessment (DACEHTA)
Record ID 32000000918
Danish
Original Title:
Medicinsk problemstilling i MTV-perspektiv - penicillinbehandling ved pneumoni: oralt eller intravenøst?
Authors' objectives:
The aim of this report is to consider the implications of giving penicillin by oral or intravenous administration to patients with pneumonia.
Authors' results and conclusions:
Very little evidence-based research was found. Those who had compared oral and intravenous administration of penicillin had found no significant difference in the outcome.
Authors' recommendations:
In Denmark pneumonia caused by pneumococci shall be treated with penicillin. Treatment initiated intravenously can be changed to oral administration as soon as the clinical condition of the patient improves.
Authors' methods:
Overview, Survey
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2000
URL for published report:
https://www.sst.dk/da/Udgivelser/2000/Medicinsk-problemstilling-i-MTV-perspektiv---penicillinbehandling-ved-pneumoni
English language abstract:
There is no English language summary available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Denmark
MeSH Terms
- Penicillins
- Pneumonia
- Administration, Oral
- Administration, Intravenous
Contact
Organisation Name:
Danish Centre for Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment
Contact Address:
National Board of Health, PO Box 1881, Islands Brygge 67, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark. Tel: 45 72 22 74 48; Fax: 45 72 22 74 07/67
Contact Name:
dacehta@sst.dk
Contact Email:
dacehta@sst.dk
Copyright:
Danish Centre for Evaluation and Health Technology Assessment (DACEHTA) (formerly DIHTA)
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