In a recent multicenter prospective study conducted at three hospitals in Tennessee and Georgia, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center ...

A recent narrative review describes how to identify and manage pneumonia that does not respond to antibiotic treatment.

Thrombomodulin in plasma reliably reflects severity and bacterial cause in community-acquired pneumonia. A study published in ...

HONOLULU — The risk for all-cause mortality was reduced among patients with community-acquired pneumonia who used hydrocortisone vs. other corticosteroids, according to a poster presented at the ...

Secondary Source The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Source Reference: Waterer G "Macrolides in community-acquired pneumonia" Lancet Respir Med 2024; DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600 (23)00434-4.

Investigators compare efficacy of low- versus high-dose of methylprednisolone in preventing pulmonary lesions in children ...

Five years ago, my wife and I enjoyed an excellent dinner followed by the performance of the magnificent Bakersfield Symphony ...

Pediatric patients with community-acquired pneumonia spent less time in the hospital and receiving IV antibiotics when visited by a medical clown, according to a presentation at the European ...

Of 9036 patients included in this PMS, 1467 had a primary diagnosis of CAP. A total of 752 (51.3%) patients with CAP were male and 694 (47.3%) were female. Information regarding gender was missing ...

Finally, because older patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) typically experience worse health outcomes, here may be an increased tendency to rapidly diagnose and treat presumed CAP ...

If we compare our results with those recently reported by Jackson et al [14] in a population-based cohort study that evaluated the incidence of CAP among 46,237 elderly individuals in Washington ...

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 ...