Pneumonia remains one of the most significant health challenges globally, being a primary cause of hospitalization and leading to severe respiratory failure. Traditional tools for assessing the ...

A scientific review published in the NEJM Evidence journal, coordinated by the D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), evaluated outcomes of adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) ...

Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition affecting the lungs, typically resulting from an infection with viruses or bacteria. Community-acquired pneumonia refers to pneumonia acquired outside of the ...

In the spring of 2022, the Pediatric Academic Society meeting sponsored an informative "Hot Topic" session reviewing practitioner dilemmas when diagnosing and treating community-acquired pneumonia ...

In a new analysis, only 5% of patients with unspecified CAP who received antibiotics underwent fungal diagnostic testing. Of the patients who were tested, 3% were given a diagnosis of ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) are distinct hospital-onset syndromes. The term health care–associated pneumonia (HCAP) is no longer recommended. Patients ...

Does the patient have pneumonia or is the clinical picture due to some other problem? What is the microbial etiology of pneumonia? Where should the patient be treated? What is the best therapeutic ...

Lung ultrasound is acceptable diagnostic alternative to chest radiography in medical centers with appropriate clinical expertise. HealthDay News — In a clinical practice guideline issued by the ...

For hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia, glucocorticoids have been proposed as adjunctive therapy, but recent studies have produced conflicting data about their benefits. New ...