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==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">
===Definitions of Hospital acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and health care associated pneumonia <ref name="pmid15699079">{{cite journal |author= |title=Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia |journal=[[American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine]] |volume=171 |issue=4 |pages=388–416 |year=2005 |month=February |pmid=15699079 |doi=10.1164/rccm.200405-644ST |url=http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15699079 |accessdate=2012-09-12}}</ref> ===
[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>. According to the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society healthcare-associated pneumonia includes any patient who meet the below criteria <ref name="pmid21663884">{{cite journal |author=Attridge RT, Frei CR |title=Health care-associated pneumonia: an evidence-based review |journal=[[The American Journal of Medicine]] |volume=124 |issue=8 |pages=689–97 |year=2011 |month=August |pmid=21663884 |doi=10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.01.023 |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002-9343(11)00291-9 |accessdate=2012-09-02}}</ref>
* Hospitalized in an acute care hospital for 2 or more days within 90 days of the infection;
* Resided in a nursing home or long-term care facility;
* Received recent intravenous antibiotic therapy, chemotherapy, or wound care within the past 30 days of the current infection;
* Attended a hospital or hemodialysis clinic
* [[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==

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  1. "Guidelines for the management of adults with hospital-acquired, ventilator-associated, and healthcare-associated pneumonia". American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 171 (4): 388–416. 2005. doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-644ST. PMID 15699079. Retrieved 2012-09-12. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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