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17 lip 2023 · Nursing home-acquired pneumonia occurs in an estimated 1-2 patients for every 1000 days of nursing home residence. Nursing home residents diagnosed with pneumonia and requiring hospitalization can have mortality ranging from 13 to 41%.
Several features of clinical management for community-acquired pneumonia should be addressed to reduce mortality, morbidity, and complications related to community-acquired pneumonia in patients who are immunocompetent and patients who are immunocompromised.
1 cze 2009 · Antibiotic therapy for nursing home–acquired pneumonia should target a broad range of organisms, and drug-resistant microbes should be considered when making treatment decisions.
26 sty 2024 · Identify the varied community-acquired pneumonia presentations to facilitate early and accurate diagnosis. Differentiate between bacterial and viral etiologies of community-aquired pneumonia through a comprehensive assessment of patient history, physical examination findings, and relevant diagnostic tests.
5 kwi 2024 · Health care-associated pneumonia (HCAP; no longer used) referred to pneumonia acquired in health care facilities (eg, nursing homes, hemodialysis centers) or after recent hospitalization. The term HCAP was used to identify patients at risk for infection with multidrug-resistant pathogens.
HCAP was defined for those patients who had any one of several potential risk factors for antibiotic-resistant pathogens, including residence in a nursing home and other long-term care facilities, hospitalization for ≥2 days in the last 90 days, receipt of home infusion therapy, chronic dialysis, home wound care, or a family member with a ...
1 paź 2019 · This document provides evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the management of adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
