Hospital-acquired pneumonia

Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Alternate Names : Nosocomial pneumonia, Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Definition ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is an infection of the lungs contracted during a hospital stay.
Causes
Pneumonia is a very common illness. It is caused by many different germs and can range in seriousness from mild to life-threatening.

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia
Some people catch pneumonia during a hospital stay for another illness. This is called hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP).

Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia. Hospital-acquired pneumonia is an infection of the lungs contracted during a hospital stay.

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that is picked up while a person is in the hospital.
What is going on in the body?

Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Pneumonia - cytomegalovirus
Pneumonia
Viral pneumonia
Walking pneumonia ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia, also called nosocomial pneumonia, is pneumonia acquired during or after hospitalization for another illness or procedure with onset at least 72 hrs after admission.

See also: Hospital-acquired pneumonia
Alternative Names
Bronchopneumonia; Community-acquired pneumonia ...

Occasionally, hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli
Associated with fewer adverse effects (eg, chest tightness, throat irritation, cough) than colistin sulfate
Aerosolized colistin sulfate ...

What is hospital-acquired pneumonia? - Hospital-acquired pneumonia, also called nosocomial pneumonia, is an infection that patients get while they're in the hospital.
What is atypical pneumonia?

Bacterial pneumonia can also be considered hospital-acquired pneumonia. Hospital-acquired pneumonia develops at least 48 hours after hospitalization. The most common causes are bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus.

CDC and HICPAC Guidelines for Preventing Health-Care-Associated Pneumonia, 2003 [PDF-811KB]
ATS and IDSA Guidelines on Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia [PDF-360KB] ...

Among those treated without being hospitalized, the mortality rate is considered low (1% to 2.8%). Nosocomial or hospital-acquired pneumonia, the most deadly of nosocomial infections, has a mortality rate of 40% (Lobo).

Study Evaluating Tigecycline Versus Imipenem/Cilastatin in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Tigecycline,Imipenem,Cilastatin
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Hospital-acquired pneumonia occurs while staying at hospital for another illness.

See also: Pneumonia, Viral, Symptom, Infections, Fever