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Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1998
This issue provides a clinical overview of community-acquired pneumonia, focusing on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and practice improvement.
P D, Brown, S A, Lerner
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2015
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the most common infectious disease cause of death. We summarize recent findings regarding the epidemiology of CAP in adults, efficacy of vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae, diagnostics, and discuss the current controversy between CAP and healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP).The emergence of the Middle East
Ricardo J, José, Jimstan N, Periselneris, Jeremy S, Brown   +2 more
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Health disparities in chronic liver disease

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract The syndemic of hazardous alcohol consumption, opioid use, and obesity has led to important changes in liver disease epidemiology that have exacerbated health disparities. Health disparities occur when plausibly avoidable health differences are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Ani Kardashian, Marina Serper, Norah Terrault, Lauren D. Nephew   +3 more
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Community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

The Lancet, 2003
This seminar reviews important features and management issues of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) that are especially relevant to immunocompetent adults in light of new information about cause, clinical course, diagnostic testing, treatment, and prevention.
Julie, Andrews, Behzad, Nadjm, Vanya, Gant, Nandini, Shetty   +3 more
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Community-acquired pneumonia

The Lancet
Community-acquired pneumonia is a major global health challenge that disproportionately affects vulnerable populations, including older people, immunocompromised people, those with chronic conditions, and young children. Once considered solely an acute illness, community-acquired pneumonia is now recognised as a disease with long-term complications ...
Reyes, Luis Felipe, Conway Morris, Andrew, Serrano-Mayorga, Cristian, Derde, Lennie PG, Dickson, Robert P, Martin-Loeches, Ignacio   +5 more
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The risk of community-acquired pneumonia among 9803 patients with coeliac disease compared to the general population: a cohort study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Patients with coeliac disease are considered as individuals for whom pneumococcal vaccination is advocated. Aim: To quantify the risk of community-acquired pneumonia among patients with coeliac disease, assessing whether vaccination ...
Abdul Sultan, Alyshah, Ciacci, Carolina, Crooks, Colin J., Tata, Laila J., West, Joe, Zingone, Fabiana   +5 more
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Care Plan for Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2000
This paper presents a critical pathway for the treatment of pneumonia that has been shown to be effective in a randomized clinical trial. The pathway uses a pneumonia-specific severity of illness score to guide the admission decision.
Thomas Marrie, The Community-Acquired Pneumonia Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy Working Group   +1 more
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Clinical and molecular epidemiological features of coronavirus HKU1-associated community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]

, 2005
Background. Recently, we described the discovery of a novel group 2 coronavirus, coronavirus HKU1 (CoV-HKU1), from a patient with pneumonia. However, the clinical and molecular epidemiological features of CoV-HKU1-associated pneumonia are unknown ...
Chan, KH, Chen, H, Cheng, VCC, Chu, CM, Guan, Y, Huang, Y, Lau, SKP, Lee, RA, Luk, WK, Poon, RWS, Tang, BSF, Tsoi, HW, Wong, BHL, Wong, GKM, Woo, PCY, Wu, AKL, Yuen, KY, Yung, RWH   +17 more
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A Comparison of Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia with Nonbacteremic Community-Acquired Pneumonia of Any Etiology — Results from a Canadian Multicenter Study

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2003
BACKGROUND: Bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia has not been the subject of a multicentre Canadian Study.
Thomas J Marrie, Donald E Low, Emidio de Carolis, the Canadian Community-Acquired Pneumonia Investigators   +3 more
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Adjuvant Inhaled Corticosteroids in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Review Article

Medical Sciences, 2021
Community-acquired pneumonia is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Since the inflammatory response induced by the immune system is often a major contributor to the lung injury, it becomes reasonable to assess the potential benefit ...
Faeq R. Kukhon, Emir Festic
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