Hospital-acquired pneumonia overview: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
'''Hospital-acquired pneumonia''' (HAP) or '''Health-Care associate pneumonia''' (HCAP) refers to any [[pneumonia]] contracted within 48-72 hours of being admitted in hospital. It is usually caused by a bacterial infection.<ref name="Mandell"> | |||
[http://www.ppidonline.com/ Mandell's Principles and Practices of Infection Diseases] 6th Edition (2004) by Gerald L. Mandell MD, MACP, John E. Bennett MD, Raphael Dolin MD, ISBN 0-443-06643-4 · Hardback · 4016 Pages Churchill Livingstone</ref><ref name="Oxford">[http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Medicine/PrimaryCare/?ci=0192629220&view=usa The Oxford Textbook of Medicine] Edited by David A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox and John D. Firth with Edward J. Benz, Fourth Edition (2003), [[Oxford University Press]], ISBN 0-19-262922-0</ref> | |||
Following [[urinary tract infection]]s, this is the second common cause of [[nosocomial infection]]s, and its prevalence is 15-20% of the total number.<ref name="Mandell"/><ref name="Oxford"/><ref name="Harrison"> [http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/medical/harrisons/ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine] 16th Edition, The [[McGraw-Hill]] Companies, ISBN 0-07-140235-7</ref> It is the most common cause of death among nosocomial infections, while in the intensive care unit it is the primary cause of death.<ref name="Mandell"/><ref name="Harrison"/> | |||
[[Ventilator-associated pneumonia]] (VAP) is a subset of hospital-acquired pneumonia. VAP is pneumonia which occurs after at least 48 hours of [[intubation]] and [[mechanical ventilation]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 5 September 2012
|
Hospital-acquired pneumonia Microchapters |
|
Differentiating Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia from other Diseases |
|
Diagnosis |
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Hospital-acquired pneumonia overview On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Hospital-acquired pneumonia overview |
|
Directions to Hospitals Treating Hospital-acquired pneumonia |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Hospital-acquired pneumonia overview |
Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Phone:617-632-7753; Philip Marcus, M.D., M.P.H.[2]
Overview
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) or Health-Care associate pneumonia (HCAP) refers to any pneumonia contracted within 48-72 hours of being admitted in hospital. It is usually caused by a bacterial infection.[1][2]
Following urinary tract infections, this is the second common cause of nosocomial infections, and its prevalence is 15-20% of the total number.[1][2][3] It is the most common cause of death among nosocomial infections, while in the intensive care unit it is the primary cause of death.[1][3]
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a subset of hospital-acquired pneumonia. VAP is pneumonia which occurs after at least 48 hours of intubation and mechanical ventilation.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mandell's Principles and Practices of Infection Diseases 6th Edition (2004) by Gerald L. Mandell MD, MACP, John E. Bennett MD, Raphael Dolin MD, ISBN 0-443-06643-4 · Hardback · 4016 Pages Churchill Livingstone
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Oxford Textbook of Medicine Edited by David A. Warrell, Timothy M. Cox and John D. Firth with Edward J. Benz, Fourth Edition (2003), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-262922-0
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine 16th Edition, The McGraw-Hill Companies, ISBN 0-07-140235-7