ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired pneumonia.
Ignacio Martín-LoechesAntoní TorresBlin NagavciStefano AlibertiMassimo AntonelliMatteo BassettiLieuwe BosJames ChalmersLennie P G DerdeJan de WaeleJose Garnacho-MonteroMarin KollefCarlos M LunaRosario MenendezMichael NiedermanDimitry PonomarevMarcos RestrepoDavid RigauMarcus J SchultzEmmanuele WeissTobias WelteRichard G WunderinkPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2023)
In these international guidelines, ERS, ESICM, ESCMID and ALAT provide evidence-based clinical practice recommendations for diagnosis, empirical treatment and antibiotic therapy for sCAP, following the GRADE approach. Furthermore, current knowledge gaps have been highlighted and recommendations for future research have been made.