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Robert C. Read
Researcher at University of Southampton
Publications - 275
Citations - 15900
Robert C. Read is an academic researcher from University of Southampton. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neisseria meningitidis & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 252 publications receiving 13344 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert C. Read include Nottingham City Hospital & University of Nottingham.
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BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009.
Wei Shen Lim,S V Baudouin,R C George,Adam T. Hill,C Jamieson,I Le Jeune,John Macfarlane,Robert C. Read,H J Roberts,Mark L Levy,M Wani,Mark Woodhead +11 more
TL;DR: A summary of the initial management of patients admitted to hospital with suspected community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is presented and the relevant microbiological investigations and empirical antibiotic choices recommended in patients with CAP are summarized.
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Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections ‐ Full version
Mark Woodhead,Francesco Blasi,Santiago Ewig,Javier Garau,G. Huchon,Margareta Ieven,Åke Örtqvist,Tom Schaberg,Antoni Torres,G. H. M. van der Heijden,Robert C. Read,Th J M Verheij +11 more
TL;DR: This document is an update of Guidelines published in 2005 and now includes scientific publications through to May 2010 that provides evidence-based recommendations for the most common management questions occurring in routine clinical practice in the management of adult patients with LRTI.
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International ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia
Antoni Torres,Michael S. Niederman,Jean Chastre,Santiago Ewig,Patricia Fernandez-Vandellos,Håkan Hanberger,Marin H. Kollef,Gianluigi Li Bassi,Carlos M. Luna,Ignacio Martin-Loeches,J. Artur Paiva,Robert C. Read,David Rigau,Jean-François Timsit,Tobias Welte,Richard G. Wunderink +15 more
TL;DR: The panel selected seven PICO (population–intervention–comparison–outcome) questions that generated a series of recommendations for HAP/VAP diagnosis, treatment and prevention that were adopted by the ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT panel.
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ESCMID guideline: diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial meningitis.
D. van de Beek,C Cabellos,Olga Dzupova,Susanna Esposito,Matthias Klein,Anne T. Kloek,Stephen L. Leib,Bruno Mourvillier,Christian Østergaard,Pasquale Pagliano,Hans-Walter Pfister,Robert C. Read,O Resat Sipahi,Mieke C. Brouwer +13 more
TL;DR: The ESCMID Study Group for Infections of the Brain (ESGIB) is a large-scale, randomized, placebo-controlled study that aims to provide real-time information on the safe and effective use of antibiotics in the treatment of central nervous system disorders.
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Guidelines for the management of adult lower respiratory tract infections - Summary
Mark Woodhead,Francesco Blasi,Santiago Ewig,Javier Garau,G. Huchon,Margareta Ieven,Åke Örtqvist,Tom Schaberg,Antoni Torres,G. H. M. van der Heijden,Robert C. Read,Th J M Verheij +11 more
TL;DR: This document is an update of Guidelines published in 2005 and now includes scientific publications through to May 2010 that provides evidence-based recommendations for the most common management questions occurring in routine clinical practice in the management of adult patients with LRTI.