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Pneumonia, Adult
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Basics
Description
Description
- Epidemiology:
- Seventh leading cause of death and leading cause from infectious disease in the U.S.
- Highest mortality in elderly and patients with the following coexisting conditions:
- Chronic heart, lung, liver, and kidney disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Alcoholism
- Malignancy
- Asplenia
- Immunosuppression
- Use of antimicrobials within last 3 mo
- Classifications:
- Source based:
- Community acquired (CAP)
- Hospital acquired (HAP)
- Ventilator associated (VAP)
- Symptom based:
- Typical
- Atypical
- Source based:
- Complications:
- Bacteremia
- Sepsis
- Abscess
- Empyema
- Respiratory failure
Etiology
Etiology
- CAP (typicals):
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Staphylococcus aureus
- CAP (atypicals):
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Chlamydophila pneumoniae
- Legionella pneumophila
- Viral
- HCAP/HAP/VAP:
- Gram negatives (Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas)
- Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)
- Immunosuppressed:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Aspiration:
- Chemical pneumonitis ± oral and gastric anaerobes
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Basics
Description
Description
- Epidemiology:
- Seventh leading cause of death and leading cause from infectious disease in the U.S.
- Highest mortality in elderly and patients with the following coexisting conditions:
- Chronic heart, lung, liver, and kidney disease
- Diabetes mellitus
- Alcoholism
- Malignancy
- Asplenia
- Immunosuppression
- Use of antimicrobials within last 3 mo
- Classifications:
- Source based:
- Community acquired (CAP)
- Hospital acquired (HAP)
- Ventilator associated (VAP)
- Symptom based:
- Typical
- Atypical
- Source based:
- Complications:
- Bacteremia
- Sepsis
- Abscess
- Empyema
- Respiratory failure
Etiology
Etiology
- CAP (typicals):
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Staphylococcus aureus
- CAP (atypicals):
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Chlamydophila pneumoniae
- Legionella pneumophila
- Viral
- HCAP/HAP/VAP:
- Gram negatives (Pseudomonas, Stenotrophomonas)
- Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)
- Immunosuppressed:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumocystis jirovecii
- Aspiration:
- Chemical pneumonitis ± oral and gastric anaerobes
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Pneumonia, Adult." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 5th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2016. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307617/all/Pneumonia__Adult.
Pneumonia, Adult. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307617/all/Pneumonia__Adult. Accessed March 27, 2023.
Pneumonia, Adult. (2016). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (5th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307617/all/Pneumonia__Adult
Pneumonia, Adult [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2016. [cited 2023 March 27]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307617/all/Pneumonia__Adult.
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