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Home/Studies/Community Acquired Pneumonia
Community Acquired Pneumonia
This study has been commissioned by Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership HQIP
as part of the Clinical Outcome Review Programme into Medical & Surgical care
For information on how we use data click here

Data collection for study:    Spring 2022
Publication date:          Winter 2023   

Aim:To identify and explore avoidable and modifiable factors in the care of adults presenting to hospital with a presumed diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia.

Objectives

Clinical to identify:

  • a cohort of patients with CAP
  • characterise the care delivered in the community and on presentation to hospital/admission through to discharge or death
  • factors determining an ambulatory care or ward-based approach
  • appropriateness of care including risk stratification, antibiotic usage/duration of usage, escalation decisions and discharge location
  • communication e.g. admission letter, discharge summary and follow up
  • sharing of and treatment escalation plans (e.g. ReSPECT)
  • examples of good practice
  • remediable factors in the quality of care received and produce recommendations for improvement
Organisational to review:
  • available services (acute medicine, same day emergency care, critical care, respiratory, physiotherapy)
  • access to investigations
  • severity assessment
  • respiratory support
  • antibiotic formularies; first and second choices for pneumonia severity
  • guidelines, audit and protocols
This page will be regularly updated, so please check for updates. Any queries relating to this study should be addressed to cap@ncepod.org.uk
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  • GP Survey
  • General study poster
  • CAP clinician questionnaire. This PDF is for information only. Please do not complete this PDF. All questionnaires must be completed in the online system
  • Study protocol
  • For the Patient Identification Spreadsheet click here
  • For the Case reviewer advert click here
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