Community acquired pneumonia attacks those who are vulnerable; either the very young or the elderly. Obviously, anyone can be affected, but these age groups have the highest risk.

Xun X, Yin Q, Fu Y, He X, Dong Z. Proton pump inhibitors and the risk of community-acquired pneumonia: An updated meta-analysis. Annals of Pharmacotherapy . Published online August 2021.

Our predictive model for community acquired pneumonia is a critical step toward safely reducing radiation exposure in children. For patients who are determined to be at low risk for pneumonia, we ...

Patients with diabetes are more likely to develop community-acquired pneumonia, experience longer hospital stays and have higher mortality rates than those without the disease, according to recent ...

Diagnosis and treatment of community‐acquired pneumonia in adults: 2016 clinical practice guidelines by the Chinese Thoracic Society, Chinese Medical Association. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ...

Fewer patients with community-acquired pneumonia using corticosteroids vs. standard care needed mechanical ventilation, but mortality rates did not differ between both groups, according to study ...

Antibiotic Therapy in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Switch and Step Down Therapy. MedGenMed 1(3), 1999 [formerly published in Medscape Pulmonary Medicine eJournal 2(3), 1998]. Available at: https ...

Medically reviewed by Jonathan B. Jassey, DO There are more than seven main types of pneumonia, including community-acquired pneumonia caused by bacteria and viruses. Other types include walking ...

The retrospective study included 156,107 VA patients who had been diagnosed with pneumonia from 2009 to 2022. Treatment was azithromycin in 86.9% of cases and doxycycline in the remaining 13.1%.

Kim, C., et al. (2023) A Deep-Learning Model Using Chest Radiographs for Prediction of 30-Day Mortality in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Development and External Validation. American ...

Deep-learning chest radiograph model predicts mortality for community-acquired pneumonia A deep learning-based model using initial chest radiographs predicted 30-day mortality in patients with ...