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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

eliminating the need for X-ray confirmation. Their findings were published in the journal Pediatrics. "Our predictive model for community acquired pneumonia is a critical step toward safely ...

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.

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 ...

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

safety and tolerability of oral moxifloxacin in outpatients with respiratory tract infections treated in general practices in Germany with the focus on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

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 ...