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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
hospital with pneumonia ... that developed pneumonia ... #Pneumonia #Acquired ... #Community #Diagnosis ... Management #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Current guidelines for outpatient treatment of Community Acquired Pnemonia (CAP)

#Management #Outpatient #CAP #Community #Acquired #Pneumonia #Antibiotics
outpatient treatment of Community ... Acquired Pnemonia ... #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 ... Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia ... ) #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #HAP #HCAP #HospitalAcquiredPneumonia
Outpatient Treatment of with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
No comorbidities or risk factors for MRSA or Pseudomonas aeruginosa:
Treatment of with Community-Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... #Community #Acquired ... #Pneumonia #Antibiotics ... Management #Guidelines #pharmacology
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
diseases - Severe Community ... Acquired Pneumonia ... SCAP severe community-acquired ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Infections #Pharmacology
Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
bronchitis 5 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... CRB65=0 7 days • Community ... acquired pneumonia ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ... Appropriate #Management #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics ... #VAP #VentilatorAssociatedPneumonia
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
severe community-onset ... pneumonia Atypical ... Vancomycin #Community ... #Acquired #Pneumonia ... #CAP #Antibiotics
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Pneumonia (CAP) ... 96.1% • Empiric antibiotic ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... treatment #Pulmonary #Community
Power of Antibiotics - Mortality before and after antibiotics
 • Community Pneumonia 35% → 10%
 •
Power of Antibiotics ... before and after antibiotics ... • Community Pneumonia ... 10% • Hospital Pneumonia ... mortality #power #pharmacology