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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
CAP, HCAP, HAP and ... & CAP – those presenting ... hospital with pneumonia ... that developed pneumonia ... #Pneumonia #Acquired
Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pnemonia ... (CAP) #Management ... #Outpatient #CAP ... Community #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #Antibiotics #Treatment
Unmeasured Anions Associated with an Elevated Anion Gap and Metabolic Acidosis

#Unmeasured #Anions #Gap #Metabolic #Acidosis #Diagnosis
Unmeasured Anions ... with an Elevated Anion ... Gap and Metabolic ... #Unmeasured #Anions ... #Gap #Metabolic
Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Initial Empiric Antibiotic ... Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia ... Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #HAP #HCAP #HospitalAcquiredPneumonia
Pneumonia - Causative Organisms
 • CAP - Typical, Atypical, Endemic
 • Aspiration
 • Decreased Immunity
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Pneumonia - Causative ... Organisms • CAP ... • Hospital - HAP ... , VAP - CMC IM ... Residency @CMC_IM #Pneumonia
Antibiotic Stewardship: Shorter is Better 
CAP 
HAP 
VAP 
Intra-abd 
Gram Neg Bacteremia 
AECB 
Cellulitis 
Osteo 
Septic
Antibiotic Stewardship ... Shorter is Better CAP ... HAP VAP Intra-abd ... Longer #Course #Antibiotics
Hypoalbuminemia and hypophosphatemia can mask an anion gap (particularly, low albumin states usually underestimate the anion
mask an anion gap ... underestimate the anion ... gap). ... gap for that patient ... gap #Diagnosis
Causes of Metabolic Acidosis - Gap and Non-Gap - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Elevated Anion Gap
Metabolic Acidosis - Gap ... and Non-Gap - Differential ... Gap > 12 (Gain ... H+) • Normal Anion ... Gap (<14) (Loss
Low Anion Gap - Various causes and mechanisms of a Low Anion Gap
 • Hypoalbuminemia (1gm
Low Anion Gap - ... Gap • Hypoalbuminemia ... to 2.5 for the anion ... gap) • Normal ... anion gap acidosis
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Community-Acquired Pneumonia ... (CAP) No comorbidities ... IDSA #Outpatient #CAP ... #Antibiotics #Treatment ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology