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Predictors of mortality for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2: a prospective cohort study

European Respiratory Journal, 2020
The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with the death of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
R. Du, Li-Rong Liang, Chengqing Yang, Wen Wang, T. Cao, Ming Li, Guangyun Guo, Juan Du, Chunlan Zheng, Qi Zhu, Ming Hu, Xu-yan Li, P. Peng, Huanzhong Shi   +13 more
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Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update

Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2022
The purpose of this document is to highlight practical recommendations to assist acute care hospitals to prioritize and implement strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), ventilator-associated events (VAE), and non-ventilator hospital-
M. Klompas, R. Branson, Kelly A. Cawcutt, M. Crist, E. Eichenwald, L. Greene, Grace M. Lee, L. Maragakis, K. Powell, G. Priebe, Kathleen A. Speck, D. Yokoe, S. Berenholtz   +12 more
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Cancer patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated in intensive care have poorer outcomes associated with increased illness severity and septic shock at admission to intensive care: a retrospective cohort study

Pneumonia, 2015
Patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and an underlying diagnosis of cancer have worse outcomes. However, the characteristics of cancer patients with CAP admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) are not well established.
Ricardo J José, Ali O Mohammed, James Goldring, Rachel Chambers, Jeremy Brown, Banwari Agarwal   +5 more
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Risk of pneumonia in the vicinity of goat farms: a comparative assessment of temporal variation based on longitudinal health data

Pneumonia, 2023
Background Although the association between living in the vicinity of a goat farm and the occurrence of pneumonia is well-documented, it is unclear whether the higher risk of pneumonia in livestock dense areas is season-specific or not.
C. Joris Yzermans, Youri P. Moleman, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Mark M.J. Nielen, Michel L.A. Dückers, Lidwien A.M. Smit, Christos Baliatsas   +6 more
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Tocilizumab in Hospitalized Patients with Severe Covid-19 Pneumonia

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is associated with immune dysregulation and hyperinflammation, including elevated interleukin-6 levels.
I. Rosas, N. Bräu, M. Waters, Ronaldo C. Go, B. Hunter, S. Bhagani, D. Skiest, M. Aziz, N. Cooper, I. Douglas, S. Savic, T. Youngstein, L. Del Sorbo, Antonio Cubillo Gracian, D. J. De La Zerda, A. Ustianowski, M. Bao, S. Dimonaco, Emily Graham, B. Matharu, H. Spotswood, L. Tsai, A. Malhotra   +22 more
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Corynebacteria as a cause of pulmonary infection: a case series and literature review

Pneumonia, 2018
Background In most cases of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), an etiologic agent is not determined; the most common report from the microbiological evaluation of sputum cites “normal respiratory flora.” Non-diphtheria Corynebacterium spp., a component ...
Katharine Yang, Robert L. Kruse, Weijie V. Lin, Daniel M. Musher   +3 more
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Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2007
Lionel A. Mandell, Richard G. Wunderink, Antonio Anzueto, John G. Bartlett, G. Douglas Campbell, Nathan C. Dean, Scott F. Dowell, Thomas M. File, Jr. Daniel M. Musher, Michael S. Niederman, Antonio Torres, and Cynthia G.
L. Mandell, R. Wunderink, A. Anzueto, J. Bartlett, G. Campbell, Nathan C. Dean, Nathan C. Dean, S. Dowell, D. Musher, Michael S. Niederman, Michael S. Niederman, A. Torres, C. Whitney, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans   +13 more
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Relation Between Chest CT Findings and Clinical Conditions of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia: A Multicenter Study.

AJR. American journal of roentgenology, 2020
OBJECTIVE. The increasing number of cases of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China is striking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between chest CT findings and the clinical conditions of COVID-19 pneumonia.
Wei Zhao, Zheng Zhong, Xingzhi Xie, Qizhi Yu, Jun Liu   +4 more
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Effect of case management on neonatal mortality due to sepsis and pneumonia. [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Each year almost one million newborns die from infections, mostly in low-income countries. Timely case management would save many lives but the relative mortality effect of varying strategies is unknown.
Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Black, Robert, Cousens, Simon, Ganatra, Hammad A, Lawn, Joy E, Lee, Anne CC, Syed, Sana, Zaidi, Anita KM   +7 more
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Identification of a novel coronavirus causing severe pneumonia in human: a descriptive study

Chinese Medical Journal, 2020
Background Human infections with zoonotic coronaviruses (CoVs), including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV, have raised great public health concern globally.
L. Ren, Ye Wang, Zhiqiang Wu, Zichun Xiang, Li Guo, Teng Xu, Yong-zhong Jiang, Yan Xiong, Yong-jun Li, Xing-wang Li, Hui Li, Guohui Fan, Xiaozhi Gu, Yan Xiao, Hong Gao, Jiuyang Xu, Fan Yang, Xinming Wang, Chao Wu, Lan Chen, Yiwei Liu, Bo Liu, Jian Yang, Xiao-Rui Wang, Jie Dong, Li Li, Chao Huang, Jianping Zhao, Y. Hu, Zhenshun Cheng, Lin-lin Liu, Zhaohui Qian, C. Qin, Q. Jin, B. Cao, Jian-wei Wang   +35 more
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