To use or not to use corticosteroids for pneumonia? A clinician’s perspective
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2015 The use of corticosteroids in the management of pneumonia is still a controversial issue. The physicians in daily clinical practice often use corticosteroids in patients with pneumonia for different reasons all over the world.
M. Confalonieri +7 more
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Antibiotic Therapy of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Антибиотики и Химиотерапия, 2020 Combined antibiotic therapy, including the use of intravenous cefotaxime (a beta-lactam) and azithromycin (a macrolide) was shown advantageous from both clinical and economic viewpoints in the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia.
O. V. Molchanova +2 more
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Prognostic value of peripheral blood lymphocytes in community-acquired pneumonia in children
Аллергология и Иммунология в ПедиатрииIntroduction. Despite a significant decrease in mortality from pneumonia, pneumonia remains the main cause of death in children outside the neonatal period.
N. V. Iziurova, A. Yu. Savochkina
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Polymicrobial community-acquired pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation: A case series [PDF]
, 2019 Polymicrobial pneumonia may cause by combinations of respiratory viruses and bacteria in a host. Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae was associated with increased risk of Intensive Care Unit admission or death in the setting of influenza infection
Cillóniz, Catia +3 more
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Adjunctive immunomodulation in severe community-acquired pneumonia [PDF]
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2023 James Bradley +2 more
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4G/5G polymorphism of PAI-1 gene is associated with multiple organ dysfunction and septic shock in pneumonia induced severe sepsis: prospective, observational, genetic study. [PDF]
, 2010 In Caucasian patients with severe sepsis due to pneumonia carriers of the 4G allele of PAI-1 polymorphism have higher risk for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and septic shock and in agreement they showed more fulminant disease progression based on ...
Aladzsity, István +13 more
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children
Zdorovʹe Rebenka, 2016 In practice, especially in the outpatient setting, serious problems of pediatrics are early diagnosis and rational therapy of pneumonia in children.
I.A. Karymdzhanov +2 more
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Improving survival of children with severe acute malnutrition in HIV-prevalent settings.
, 2009 The care of severely malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa is challenging, especially in HIV-prevalent settings. Recent improvements to facility-based individual case management, and increased community-based management focusing on early ...
Kerac, Marko +2 more
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Pattern of Bacterial Resistance in Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia [PDF]
Al-Azhar International Medical JournalBackground: CAP is an acute infection of the lung parenchyma acquired outside a hospital setting. It remains among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide in both immunocompetent and immunocompromised patients.
Ahmed Hashem +3 more
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Severe community-acquired pneumonia: what's in a name?
, 2003 Purpose of review Formerly, patients with community-acquired pneumonia admitted to an intensive care unit were considered as having the severe form of the disease. Recently, guidelines have distinguished severe and non-severe community-acquired pneumonia
Oosterheert, JJ +4 more
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