and 925 new cases of community acquired pneumonia—and after adjusting for age, body mass index, smoking status, alcohol use, physical activity, and total energy intake—no overall association was found between dietary and supplemental intake of individual vitamins and the incidence of the disease....
INTRODUCTION: The role of blood cultures (BCs) in the management of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) has generated a lot of controversy among clinicians in recent times. The main objectives of this audit were to determine if BC results impact the choice of antibiotics, and hospital outcomes ...
Outpatient management of community-acquired pneumonia. Fine MJ,Chowdhry T,Ketema A. Hospital Practice . 1998Fine MJ, Chowdhry T, Ketema A. Outpatient Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia.HospPract(Off Edd)1998;33(6):123-33.Fine MJ, Chowdhry T, Ketema A. Outpatient management of ...
Southern African Journal of Infectious DiseasesZar HJ, Jeena P, Argent A, et al. Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia in childhood-South African Thoracic Society Guidelines. S Afr Med J 2005; 95: 977-990.Zar HJ, Jeena P, Argent A, Gie R, Madhi S. Diagnosis and ...
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There is little consideration about the elderly factor in JRS and other countries' guidelines for management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in adults. However, there seem to be several important differences in clinical manifestation, managing methods and outcome of pneumonia between young and el...
Official Journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/primary CareBlack AD. Community-acquired pneumonia - a clinical approach to assessment and management. SA Fam Pract 2008; 50(3):15-23.AD Black. (2008) Community-acquired pneumonia—a clinical approach to assessment and management. ...
Excerpt The microbial causes of pneumonia vary according to its origin and the immune constitution of the patient. Pneumonia is classified into community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and pneumonia in the immunocompromised. The guideline development process is guided by it...
While the world is grappling with the consequences of a global pandemic related to SARS-CoV-2 causing severe pneumonia, available evidence points to bacterial infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae as the most common cause of severe community acquired pneumonia (SCAP). Rapid diagnostics and molecular ...
Comparison of pediatric empyema secondary to tuberculosis or non-tuberculosis community-acquired pneumonia who underwent surgery in high TB burden areas Introduction: Tuberculous empyema (TE) in children is common in high-TB burden and medical resource limited areas. However, studies that evaluate the ...