Antibiotic timing and diagnostic uncertainty in Medicare patients with pneumonia: is it reasonable to expect all patients to receive antibiotics within 4 hours?
Many Medicare patients in whom pneumonia has been diagnosed present in an atypical manner. Delivering antibiotic treatment within 4 h for all patients would necessitate the treatment of many patients before a firm diagnosis can be made.
In view of risks and benefits of radical surgery, such a score could support preoperative risk stratification and identify candidates for alternative therapeutic strategies. These results highlight the distinct roles of the hKs for different disease end points in ovarian cancer and their potential to support individualized therapy decisions.