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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
& VAP – those that ... twitter.com/foamid #CAP ... Pneumonia #Acquired #Community ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Acquired Pnemonia (CAP ... ) #Management ... #Outpatient #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Initial Empiric Antibiotic ... Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #HAP #HCAP #HospitalAcquiredPneumonia
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
/Gram-Negative Coverage ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #VAP #VentilatorAssociatedPneumonia
Pediatric community acquired pneumonia diagnosis and management. #CAP #pediatrics #pneumonia #PNA #ID #pedsID
Pediatric community ... diagnosis and management ... #CAP #pediatrics ... pneumonia #PNA #ID
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... Vancomycin #Community ... Acquired #Pneumonia #CAP ... #Antibiotics #Coverage ... #Management
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
antibiotics used ... Consult ID if needed ... ampicillin #management ... #infectiousdisease ... #antibiotics
An evidence-based algorithm to guide the use of MRSA coverage (in community acquired pneumonia) is shown
the use of MRSA coverage ... (in community acquired ... Pneumonia #Algorithm #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Management #Deescalate
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Pneumonia (CAP) ... IDSA #Outpatient #CAP ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics ... Treatment #Regimen #Management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) ... Obtain in severe CAP ... Pseudomonas) • Severe CAP ... radiographically confirmed CAP ... #Pneumonia #CAP