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Defining Severe Pneumonia [PDF]

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2011
Pneumonia is an important clinical and public health problem. Identification and prediction of severe pneumonia are significant concerns. Attempts to define severe pneumonia should recognize that different purposes are served by different definitions; no single definition meets all needs.
Samuel M, Brown, Nathan C, Dean
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Тhe features of severe community acquired pneumonia [PDF]

Medičnì Perspektivi, 2015
Based on data from a prospective analysis for the year of observation, the article presents information about the features of severe community acquired pneumonia in patients who were hospitalized at the department of pulmonology (or therapy), as well as ...
Avramenko I.V.
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Factors associated with severe childhood community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective study from two hospitals

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette, 2022
Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the leading cause of death in children globally. Indonesia is ranked 1st in South East Asia with the highest burden of pneumonia.
Michelle Patricia Muljono, Glenny Halim, Rivaldo Steven Heriyanto, Fellisa Meliani, Charista Lydia Budiputri, Maria Gabrielle Vanessa, Andraina, Andry Juliansen, Gilbert Sterling Octavius   +8 more
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SEVERE PNEUMONIA;

The Professional Medical Journal, 2018
Background: The signs and symptoms of pneumonia are often nonspecificand widely vary based on the patient’s age and the infectious organisms involved. IMNCI hasimproved case improved diagnose of pneumonia. This study was conducted to study thefrequency of correctly diagnosed cases of severe pneumonia by IMNCI classification in childrenbetween 2 – 59 ...
Asim Amjad, Ubaid ullah, Iqbal Ahmad Azhar   +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, Prohászka Zoltán, Madách Krisztina, Füst György, Pénzes, István, Gál János, Pénzes István, Madách, Krisztina, Prohászka, Zoltán, Szilágyi Ágnes, Aladzsity István, Szilágyi, Agnes, Fust, George, Gál, János, János Gál, Ágnes Szilágyi, István Pénzes, George Fust, István Aladzsity, Zoltán Prohászka, Krisztina Madách   +20 more
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Severe Pneumonia in the Elderly

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1994
The elderly are more susceptible to pneumonia and more likely to die from this infection than younger populations. Older patients with pneumonia requiring hospitalization are more likely to develop complications necessitating longer hospital stays.
A M, Fein, M S, Niederman
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Improved survival for HIV infected patients with severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia is independent of highly active antiretroviral therapy [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Despite a decline in incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), severe PCP continues to be a common cause of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) where mortality remains high. A study was undertaken to examine the outcome from
Singer, M, Copas, A, Edwards, SG, Miller, RF, Allen, E   +4 more
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Biomarkers of host response predict primary end-point radiological pneumonia in Tanzanian children with clinical pneumonia : a prospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2015
Diagnosing pediatric pneumonia is challenging in low-resource settings. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined primary end-point radiological pneumonia for use in epidemiological and vaccine studies.
Nimerta Rajwans, Philipina Hongoa (795097), Kevin C Kain, Kyla Hayford (795094), Mary Kilowoko (795095), Hongoa, P., Laura K. Erdman (355452), Nimerta Rajwans (202154), Kyungu, Esther, Kyla Hayford, David L. Streiner (355456), Hayford, Kyla, Leonor Alamo, Laura K Erdman, Mary Kilowoko, Blaise Genton, Rajwans, Nimerta, Alamo, Leonor, Valérie D’Acremont (729622), Hayford, K., Esther Kyungu, Erdman, L.K., Genton, Blaise, Streiner, David L., Leonor Alamo (795098), Alamo, L., Valérie D'Acremont, Kevin C. Kain (63269), David L Streiner, Kyungu, E., Kain, Kevin C., Kain, K.C., Hongoa, Philipina, D'Acremont, Valérie, Erdman, Laura K., Rajwans, N., D'Acremont, V., Kilowoko, M., Philipina Hongoa, Blaise Genton (67109), Kilowoko, Mary, Genton, B., Esther Kyungu (795096), Streiner, D.L., Hayford Kyla, Alamo L, Kain KC, Genton B, Rajwans N, Kyungu E, Hongoa P, D’Acremont Valérie, Erdman Laura K., Streiner David L., Streiner DL, Alamo Leonor, Erdman LK, Hongoa Philipina, Hayford K, Kyungu Esther, Genton Blaise, Kilowoko M, Kilowoko Mary, Kain Kevin C., Rajwans Nimerta, D'Acremont V   +65 more
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A severe case of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia

Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi, 2003
症例は26歳,男性. 2002年2月16日頃より高熱・乾性咳嗽・チアノーゼ出現し,重症肺炎の診断で入院となった.胸部CT像で,斑状影が多数癒合した広範な浸潤影を認めた.ミノマイシン等の投与にて,人工呼吸管理することなく軽快した.肺炎クラミジアIgAの上昇より,肺炎クラミジア(Chlamydia pneumoniae)性肺炎と診断した.肺炎クラミジア性肺炎は,軽症で高齢者に多い傾向にあるが,本例は成年発症の重症例であり,貴重な症例と考え報告した.
Okamoto, Toshihiko, Niwakawa, Mitsuyuki, Yasuoka, Takashi, Shimizu, Kentarou, Okuda, Kazumi, Fukunaga, Takahumi, Kajinami, Toshimasa, Fujiyama, Yoshihide, Mishima, Michiaki   +8 more
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Severe lower respiratory tract infection in early infancy and pneumonia hospitalizations among children, Kenya. [PDF]

, 2013
Severe lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in infants caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been associated with later pneumonia hospitalization among children.
Eric O. Ohuma, Nokes, D. James, Ngama, Mwanajuma, Patrick Kiio Munywoki, Scott, J Anthony G, Ohuma, Eric O., Munywoki, Patrick Kiio, J. Anthony G. Scott, Bauni, Evasius, Mwanajuma Ngama, Scott, J. Anthony G., Nokes, D James, Ohuma, Eric O, Evasius Bauni, D. James Nokes   +14 more
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