Ashwin B Gupta, Scott A Flanders, Lindsay A Petty, Tejal N Gandhi, Michael S Pulia, Jennifer K Horowitz, David Ratz, Steven J Bernstein, Anurag N Malani, Payal K Patel, Timothy P Hofer, Tanima Basu, Vineet Chopra, Valerie M Vaughn
IMPORTANCE: Little is known about incidence of, risk factors for, and harms associated with inappropriate diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). OBJECTIVE: To characterize inappropriate diagnosis of CAP in hospitalized patients. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This prospective cohort study, including medical record review and patient telephone calls, took place across 48 Michigan hospitals. Trained abstractors retrospectively assessed hospitalized patients treated for CAP between July 1, 2017, and March 31, 2020...
March 25, 2024: JAMA Internal Medicine