Hospital-acquired pneumonia differential diagnosis
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Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. ; Philip Marcus, M.D., M.P.H.
Overview
Hospital-acquired pneumonia should be differentiated from other conditions that cause fever, cough, chest pain, tachycardia, and leukocytosis in hospitalized patients, such as atelectasis, congestive heart failure, pulmonary embolism, aspiration pneumonitis, among others. Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Differentiating Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia from other Diseases
- Atelectasis
- Congestive heart failure
- Pulmonary embolism
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Aspiration pneumonitis
- Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
- Drug reaction
- Infiltrative tumor
- Lung contusion
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hemorrhage
- Radiation pneumonitis