TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Hospital-Acquired, Health Care-Associated and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
A1  - Franco, Alexandra
A1  - Moreno, Carlos H.
A1  - Tuda, Claudio
A2  - Farcy, David A.
A2  - Chiu, William C.
A2  - Marshall, John P.
A2  - Osborn, Tiffany M.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e
AB  - Whether  in  the  emergency  department  (ED)  or  in  the  intensive  care  unit  (ICU),  pneumonia  is  a  disease  with  which  all  treating  clinicians  must  be  familiar.  Acute  pneumonia  is  the  fourth  leading  cause  of  death  among  patients  of  all  age  groups  worldwide  and  the  leading  cause  of  mortality  in  low-income  countries  according  to  the  World  Health  Organization  (WHO).1  The  main  challenge  in  the  management  of  this  illness  is  the  large  number  of  microbial  agents  that  can  cause  the  disease,  in  addition  to  the  difficulty  of  making  an  etiologic  diagnosis  before  starting  treatment.  Therefore,  antibiotic  therapy  must  be  started  empirically  by  clinicians,  which  may  lead  to  excessive  antibiotic  coverage,  which  entails  a  considerable  risk  of  antibiotic  resistance  among  the  common  pathogens  involved.  In  order  to  accurately  recognize  and  appropriately  manage  pneumonia,  healthcare  providers  must  understand  the  different  definitions,  microbiology,  pathogenesis,  and  varying  treatment  guidelines  available.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135703006
ER  -