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Revision as of 18:27, 11 December 2014
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Differentiating Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia from other Diseases |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [2]
Overview
Diagnostic Algorithm
High suspicion of HAP, VAP or HCAP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Obtain sputum or respiratory secretions sample for culture and microscopy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Does the patient has any of the following risk factors for MDR infection?
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After 2-3 days, check cultures and assess the clinical response based on:
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Does the patient improved his clinical status after 48-72 hours? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes Assess culture results | No Assess culture results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Culture Positive | Culture Negative | Culture Positive | Culture Negative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||