2024年11月27日 · Pneumonia : More than 3 million cases of pneumonia occur annually in the United States. Defined as an infection of the lung, pneumonia can be bacterial, viral, of fungal in origin. The infection ...

1998年4月1日 · A number of studies have confirmed that there is a high rate of morbidity and mortality associated with pneumonia in the elderly (Fig. 1). [1,2,3,4,5] These high rates have continued to impede the ...

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2011年5月17日 · Patients hospitalized with pneumonia are at risk for sudden cardiac arrest rather than gradual cardiac decompensation; 12% of in-hospital cardiac arrests are in patients with pneumonia.

Introduction. Staphylococcus aureus necrotizing pneumonia is described as a highly lethal infection that mainly affects healthy children and young adults and is associated with S. aureus strains ...

Erdosteine decreases the sputum viscoelastic properties and bacterial adhesion to the cell membrane, endowed with bronchial anti-inflammatory activity and a scavenging effect on free oxidant radicals.

Biomarkers in CAP Inflammatory Biomarkers. C-reactive Protein CRP is an early but unspecific acute-phase inflammatory biomarker. CRP is named according to its capacity for the precipitation of the ...

2023年5月4日 · Drs Todd A. Florin and Mark I. Neuman discuss the challenge of diagnosing pediatric pneumonia, misdiagnosis, overlapping clinical symptoms, and clinical prediction models to reduce x-ray utilization.

2009年3月18日 · According to the FDA, postmarketing cases of unintentional overdose, bronchopneumonia, coma, cyanosis, death (including neonates), dyspnea, pulmonary arrest, respiratory arrest, and respiratory ...

2003年4月3日 · Legionella pneumophilia is associated, in the majority of cases, with pathologic conditions limited to the lungs, causing bilateral bronchopneumonia and consolidation. Signs and symptoms include ...