Clinical presentation of pneumonia

• [PDF File]What is Pneumonia? - American Thoracic Society

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  Pneumonia (nu-mo’ne-a) is inflammation of the air sacs in the lungs in response to an injury, like an infection. When the airways are also involved, it may be called bronchopneumonia. Pneumonia can be in one area of a lung or be in several areas (“double” or “multilobar” pneumonia). Many things can cause a pneumonia—

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• [PDF File]The Definition of Pneumonia, the Assessment of Severity, and ...

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  sepsis, and severe anemia, produce a spectrum of clinical symptoms and signs that overlaps significantly with pneumonia, and differentiating between these conditions is challenging [1–4]. In adults, the definition of pneu- monia relies heavily on characteristic changes on the chest radiograph.

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• [PDF File]Pneumonia (Ventilator-associated [VAP] and non-ventilator ...

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  Definitions Pneumonia (PNEU) is dentified to PNEU/VAP by using a combination of imaging, clinical, and laboratory criteria. The following pages detail the various criteria that Surveillance may be used for meeting the surveillance definition of

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• [PDF File]Seminar Community-acquired pneumonia - The Lancet

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  long-term management of pneumonia. Clinical presentation Community-acquired pneumonia is responsible for great mortality and morbidity and high costs. Community-acquired pneumonia was featured in Seminars in The Lancet in 19981 and 2003.2 In this updated Seminar, we address important topics related to community-

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• Atypical Pneumonia: Definition, Causes, and Imaging Features

  Pneumonia is classified into three subgroups on the basis of the clinical context in which the patient develops symptoms of infection: community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), hospital-acquired pneumo- nia, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. The use of the term health care–associated pneumoniawas discontinued in the latest management guidelines (1,3).

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• [PDF File]Seminar Community-acquired pneumonia - The Lancet

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  Community-acquired pneumonia is an acute disease caused by an infection of the lung parenchyma acquired outside of a hospital setting. It is one of the leading global causes of morbidity and mortality in patients who ar e immunocompetent and patients who are immu - no compromised. 1

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• [PDF File]Pneumonia - Elsevier

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  Clinical Description Care of the hospitalized patient experiencing an infection of the pulmonary parenchyma that occurs as either a primary disease or as a complication of another condition. Key Information

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