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Resultados: 9

Development of a clinical practice guideline for physiotherapy management of adults invasively ventilated with community-acquired

Physiotherapy; 122 (), 2024
Patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are frequently admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for invasive mechanical ventilation and receive treatment by physiotherapists. However, clinical physiotherapy practice is variable for this ICU cohort. To develop a clinical practice gui...

Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

This guideline was developed before the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers diagnosing and managing pneumonia in adults who do not have COVID-19. It aims to improve accurate assessment and diagnosis of pneumonia to help guide antibiotic prescribing and ensure that people receive the right treatment. July 2022:...

Nozokomiální pneumonie: antibiotická léčba
Nosocomial pneumonia: diagnosis of bacterial agents and antibiotic treatment

A clinical summary of this KDP was published in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic . Nosocomial pneumonia (HAP - Hospital Acquired Pneumonia and VAP - Ventilator Associated Pneumonia) is the second most common nosocomial infection, and even the most common in patients in intens...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The right clinical information, right where it's needed

A potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).[1] The clinical presentation is generally that of a respiratory infection with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral ...

Evidence supporting recommendations from international guidelines on treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of HAP and VAP in adults

Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are intended to support clinical decisions and should be based on high-quality evidence. Theobjective of the study was to evaluate the quality of evidence supporting the recommendations issued in CPGs for therapy,diagnosis, and prevention of hospital-acquired and venti...

Pneumonia: diagnosis and management of community and hospital acquired pneumonia in adults

The microbial causes of pneumonia vary according to its origin and the immune constitution of the patient. Pneumonia is classified into community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and pneumonia in the immunocompromised. The guideline development process is guided by its scope - ...

Diagnosis and Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

Am. fam. physician; 83 (11), 2011
Community-acquired pneumonia is diagnosed by clinical features (e.g., cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain) and by lung imaging, usually an infiltrate seen on chest radiography. Initial evaluation should determine the need for hospitalization versus outpatient management using validated mortality or severi...

Summary of the international clinical guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired and ventilator-acquired pneumonia

ERJ open res; 4 (2), 2008
Nosocomial pneumonia is a frequent infection that is classified into two groups [1]: HAP, which develops in hospitalised patients after 48 h of admission, and does not require (but may include) artificial ventilation at the time of diagnosis [2, 3]; and VAP, which occurs in intensive care unit (ICU) pati...