Community-acquired pneumonia ... viral diagnostics and chest X-ray findings that aid in distinguishing viral from bacterial pneumonia and the choice of empiric antibiotic treatment.

Adults with suspected community‑acquired pneumonia in hospital have a chest X‑ray and receive a diagnosis within 4 hours of presentation. When community‑acquired pneumonia is suspected in adults, it ...

Pediatric community-acquired pneumonia severity can be predicted accurately with 7 factors based on a new model.

Few studies have addressed the pragmatic management of ambulatory patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) using a precise description of the disease with or without chest X-ray ...

Coloured chest X-ray showing aspiration (dark areas ... a history of achalasia presents to the emergency department with pneumonia that quickly leads to hypoxic respiratory failure.

But it’s more common to develop pneumonia outside a hospital setting. When this happens, doctors refer to it as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). CAP is the most common type of pneumonia ...

Higher clinical severity was seen in patients with positive vs negative CR, with longer-lasting symptoms. (HealthDay News) — Many general practitioners prescribe antibiotics for suspected ...

the Pediatric Academic Society meeting sponsored an informative "Hot Topic" session reviewing practitioner dilemmas when diagnosing and treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). One of the ...

Objective: To compare the safety and efficacy of clarithromycin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in patients with community-acquired pneumonia due to penicillin ...

It can be serious because the bacteria causing the pneumonia can be resistant to antibiotics. Community-acquired pneumonia also includes aspiration pneumonia, which happens when you breathe food ...

How would you further evaluate and treat this patient? Community-acquired pneumonia is an acute infection of the pulmonary parenchyma in a patient who has acquired the infection in the community ...