Nursing home-acquired pneumonia: a review of risk factors and therapeutic approaches. OBJECTIVE: To review the risk factors, etiologic profile, treatment approaches, and guidelines for the management of nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP)... AA El-Solh,MS Niederman,P Drinka - 《Current Medical...
In recent years, new broad-spectrum antibiotics have become available for the treatment of complex pneumonia. Used with care, these agents may allow effective monotherapy of difficult-to-treat pulmonary infections, with the added benefit of decreased toxicity in comparison with the more traditional mul...
This data set represents one of the largest studies of nursing home patients with pneumonia presenting to the ED. We found a surprisingly low prevalence of true-positive blood cultures (9%) and low yield and poor correlation in sputum cultures, high incidence of antibiotic pre-treatment at nursi...
This data set represents one of the largest studies of nursing home patients with pneumonia presenting to the ED. We found a surprisingly low prevalence of true-positive blood cultures (9%) and low yield and poor correlation in sputum cultures, high incidence of antibiotic pre-treatment at nursi...
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Pneumonia syndromes may be caused by infection or the aspiration of food, acid, or particulate material. Antibiotic-resistant organisms or recurrent aspiration should be considered if the response to treatment is poor. Clinicians should consider discontinuing antibiotics if the resident’s status rapidly...
This paper will update the long-term care provider with the unique features and challenges of pneumonia in this setting and review the approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of this important illness. The discussion will conclude with details regarding overall prevention of nursing home-acquired ...
This chapter reviews currently avail- able data regarding the epidemiology, pathogenesis, etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of nursing home-acquired pneumonia. Although tu- berculosis is also an important respiratory infection in long-term care facilities, a discussion of tuber- culosis ...
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