Community‐acquired pneumonia

Blood biomarkers are increasingly used to diagnose, guide therapy in, and risk-stratify communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) patients in emergency departments (EDs). How pre-analytic factors affect these markers’ initial levels in this population is unknown.

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The aim of our study was to investigate the predictive value of the biomarkers interleukin 6 (IL-6), interleukin 10 (IL-10) and lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) compared with clinical CRB and CRB-65 severity scores in patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).

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Very few data exist on the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in patients admitted to hospitals in the Gulf region. The objectives of this study were to describe treatment patterns for CAP in 38 hospitals in five Gulf countries (United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar) and to compare the findings to the most recent Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) / American Thoracic Society (ATS) guidelines.

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Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common cause of patient hospitalization and death, and its burden on the healthcare system is increasing in aging societies. Here, we develop and internally validate risk-adjustment models and scoring systems for predicting mortality in CAP patients to enable more precise measurements of hospital performance.

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To investigate the use of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders in patients hospitalized with communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) and the association with mortality. Methods: We assembled a cohort of 1317 adults hospitalized with radiographically confirmed CAP in three Danish hospitals. Patients were grouped into no DNR order, early DNR order (≤48 h after admission), and late DNR order (> 48 h after admission).

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In this study, we evaluated the lipocalin-2 (LIP2) and syndecan-4 (SYN4) levels in children who were hospitalized for radiologically confirmed CAP in order to differentiate bacterial from viral infection. The results regarding the LIP2 and SYN4 diagnostic outcomes were compared with the white blood cell (WBC) count and C reactive protein (CRP) levels.

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Ceftriaxone (CTRX) and ampicillin/sulbactam (ABPC/SBT) are recommended by various guidelines as the first-line antibiotics for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, which of these antibiotics is more effective for treating non-aspiration CAP remains unclear.

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This study aimed to determine the association between chronic periodontitis (CP) and communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) according to CP severity in the Korean population based on the National Health Insurance Service database.

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Lower respiratory tract infection is a common cause of consultation and antibiotic prescription in paediatric practice. The misuse of antibiotics is a major cause of the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria.

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The comparison of the frequencies of bacterial and viral infections among children with communityacquired pneumonia (CAP) admitted in distinct severity categories, in an original study, is lacking in literature to-date. We aimed to achieve this goal.

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“Atypical pneumonia” has been defined as “any Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) that is different to that caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae”, to indicate “a CAP caused by one of several identified pathogens including Legionella pneumophilia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Coxiella burnetti” and Viruses. Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the most important and common cause of communityacquired pneumonia (CAP). The conventional detection methods (culture) lack sensitivity and takes longer duration of time for detection.

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Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Clinical review: The role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of communityacquired pneumonia...

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Duration of Therapy and Treatment Failure Until recently, there was little incentive to establish the most appropriate duration of treatment; patients were instructed to take a 7- or 10-day course of treatment for most common infections. A number of recent investigations have evaluated shorter durations of therapy, especially in patients with communityacquired pneumonia. Table 127-10 lists common bacterial infections for which treatment duration guidelines have been established or for which there is sufficient clinical experience to establish treatment durations.

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