{"id":22900,"date":"2023-07-04T01:17:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T01:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/identify-the-available-treatment-strategies-for-community-acquire-pneumonia-cap-in-an-adult-outpatient-with-comorbidities-use-most-recent-ats-idsa-cap-guidelines-create-your-own-steps-analysis\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T01:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T01:17:51","slug":"identify-the-available-treatment-strategies-for-community-acquire-pneumonia-cap-in-an-adult-outpatient-with-comorbidities-use-most-recent-ats-idsa-cap-guidelines-create-your-own-steps-analysis","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/identify-the-available-treatment-strategies-for-community-acquire-pneumonia-cap-in-an-adult-outpatient-with-comorbidities-use-most-recent-ats-idsa-cap-guidelines-create-your-own-steps-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the available treatment strategies for Community acquire pneumonia (CAP) in an adult outpatient with comorbidities (use Most recent ATS\/IDSA CAP guidelines). Create your own “steps” analysis comparing the use of the available treatment regimens"},"content":{"rendered":"

When faced with a choice between 2 or more possible answers, using a “STEPS” analysis may be a useful clinical decision making tool.  The goal is to provide information for each agent and compare the results to aid in your decision.  <\/p>\n

S:  safety – are there any serious drug interactions?  Possible serious side effects or adverse drug reactions?<\/p>\n

T – tolerability – consider any adverse drug effects or side effects that may be concerning to the patient such as:  diarrhea, headaches, rash, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

E – efficacy – is one agent more efficacious than the other for the infection?<\/span><\/p>\n

P – price – does the patient have insurance?  will cost inhibit adherence or access to the medication?<\/span><\/p>\n

S – simplicity – which regimen is simpler?  Once a day dosing will likely have better adherence rates than three times a day dosing.  Also, three days of an antibiotic may be preferable to 7-10 days.  Depending on the drug you choose, the frequency and duration will vary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Create your own “steps” analysis comparing the use of the available treatment regimens<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When faced with a choice between 2 or more possible answers, using a “STEPS” analysis may be a useful clinical decision making tool.  The goal is to provide information for each agent and compare the results to aid in your decision.   S:  safety – are there any serious drug interactions?  Possible serious side effects […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[190],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=22900"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=22900"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=22900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}