Family members: Family members were more concerned than residents about the diagnosis of pneumonia, recognizing that it could be a serious illness in the elderly. However, many of them still felt that it can usually be managed on-site: 'In the elderly, [pneumonia] is quite a serious thing....
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Pneumonia is among the foremost causes of hospitalization and mortality in patients residing in extended care facilities. Despite its prevalence, there is currently little literature focusing on the course and management of nursing home-acquired pneumoni
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Objective. To assess the efficacy of eight nursing care interventions in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Method. We performed a search of the MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane and Cuiden databases for articles published from 1990 to 2005. We included randomized clinical...
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(ICU) in a large teaching facility. In the early years of the epidemic, it was not unusual to have two to three patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia on ventilators in the ICU at any one time. Because some nurses avoided taking care of these patients, several of us volunteered to ...