Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 105-112, 2011.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-114367
ABSTRACT
Pneumonia is frequently encountered in the clinical fields, both as a cause for admission and as a complication of the underlying disorder or as the course of treatment. Pneumonia is the second most common hospital-acquired infection and is associated with the highest morbidity and mortality rates among hospital-acquired infections. The guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia by the American Thoracic Society include identifying individuals who have recently received antibiotics therapy or have been in medical facilities; these individuals are at higher risk for infection with multiple drug resistant organisms. Individuals, who have acquired pneumonia according to this clinical scenario, have what is known as healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP). Patients with HCAP should be considered to have potentially drug-resistant pathogens and should receive broad spectrum empiric antibiotic therapy directed at the potentially resistant organisms. In this paper, the diagnosis, risk factors, and treatment of HCAP are discussed.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pneumonia
/
Risk Factors
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Delivery of Health Care
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Practice guideline
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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