[Questionnaire survey of guideline implementation for community acquired pneumonia with retrospective analysis of the empiric treatment in 490 patients].

Objective: To assess physicians' awareness and use of guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) published by Chinese Society of Respiratory Diseases (CSRD) and American Thoracic Society (ATS), and to investigate influences of the guidelines on the prognosis of patients with CAP.

Method: A total of 210 self-completion questionnaires about CAP guidelines were received from doctors of six hospitals in Beijing. In addition, 490 serial cases of CAP collected from these hospitals admitted from January 2002 to December 2003 were retrospectively analyzed.