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==Diagnosis testing and response== | |||
Here is the list of recommended tests for sever community acquired pneumonia: | |||
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| style="background: #A5B2D6; border: 0px solid #696969; padding: 0 5px; width: 200px"| '''Tests''' || style="background: #A5B2D6; border: 0px solid #696969; padding: 0 5px; width: 200px" | '''Recommendation''' | |||
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ▸ '''''Blood culture''''' || style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left |▸ '''''Strong recommendation <br> if patient is hypotensive or transferred to ICU''''' | |||
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ▸ '''''Respiratory tract culture ''''' || style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''Strong recommendation <BR> if tracheal aspirate or bronchio-alveolar lavage aspirate in an intubated patient <br>or cough in an intubated patient''''' | |||
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ▸ '''''Influenza testing during influenza season''''' || style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''Strongly recommended''''' | |||
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ▸ '''''Test for Urinary Pneumococcal antigen''''' || style ="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left | ▸ '''''Strongly recommended ''''' | |||
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ▸ '''''Test for Urinary Legionella antigen''''' || style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left |▸ '''''Strongly recommended | |||
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| style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #F5F5F5" align=left | ▸ '''''Pleural fluid culture''''' || style="font-size: 90%; padding: 0 5px; background: #DCDCDC" align=left |▸ '''''Strongly recommended | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Diagnosis testing and response
Here is the list of recommended tests for sever community acquired pneumonia:
| Tests | Recommendation |
| ▸ Blood culture | ▸ Strong recommendation if patient is hypotensive or transferred to ICU |
| ▸ Respiratory tract culture | ▸ Strong recommendation if tracheal aspirate or bronchio-alveolar lavage aspirate in an intubated patient or cough in an intubated patient |
| ▸ Influenza testing during influenza season | ▸ Strongly recommended |
| ▸ Test for Urinary Pneumococcal antigen | ▸ Strongly recommended |
| ▸ Test for Urinary Legionella antigen | ▸ Strongly recommended |
| ▸ Pleural fluid culture | ▸ Strongly recommended |