Search Tag: hospital-acquired pneumonia
Diagnostic-approaches-for-hospital-acquired-pneumonia
2019 27 Feb
A new study suggests that a comprehensive approach might be undertaken for microbiological diagnosis in critically ill non-ventilated hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP). Sputum sampling determined one third of microbiological diagnosis in HAP patients who were not subsequently intubated. In contrast, invasive methods were associated with higher rates...Read more
Treatment-of-hospital-acquired-pneumonia-updated-guidelines
2016 13 Dec
The American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America have updated guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). A summary of the latest recommendations for practising clinicians is published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society....Read more
Seven-days-antibiotics-ok-for-hap-vap-new-guidelines
2016 19 Jul
New clinical practice guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) advise shorter antibiotics courses for hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) - seven or fewer days of antibiotics, in a change from previous recommendations. The guidelines recommend...Read more