Examples of pneumonia

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Serological markers detected mycoplasma pneumonia only in 1 patient.
We considered readmission when a patient was readmitted to the hospital because of an unresolved problem related to previous pneumonia.
Our patient was treated with a combination of cefuroxime, erythromycin, and gentamicin according to our protocol for severe community-acquired pneumonia.
Melioidosis : an important cause of pneumonia in residents of and travellers returned from endemic regions.
The excess mortality in their depressed subjects was almost entirely by natural causes, mainly cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease and pneumonia.
Damage identified by radiology ranges from a mild pneumonitis induced by gastric acid to pneumonia associated with a lung abscess, or empyema.
Not infrequently a severe chest infection or pneumonia is the first manifestation, as are symptoms such as lassitude, weight loss, dyspnoea and night sweats.
In addition, foci with interstitial pneumonia with moderate to marked alveolitis containing large macrophages, eosinophils and haemorhages were observed.
Complications in infants hospitalised for bronchiolitis or respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia.
In industrialized countries up to 10 % of measles cases are associated with complications, the most common being otitis media, pneumonia, encephalitis, and mortality [2].
They concluded the vaccination reduced the likelihood of admission for cardiac disease by 19 % compared to 30 % for pneumonia and influenza.
A 12-day-old-baby, hospitalized for pneumonia, was found to have double outlet right ventricle with the aorta anterior to the pulmonary trunk.
The health domains described included mobility, stage of disease, pain, hoarseness, tiredness, pneumonia, swallowing and meals, psychological problems, and social support.
If the model were to include the beneficial effects of azithromycin on the incidence of sinusitis and pneumonia, azithromycin prophylaxis would appear even more cost-effective.
Discharged after stay for pneumonia treated with antibiotics 4 days earlier.
The majority of cases of pneumonia are relatively mild and associated with low mortality.
Infants delivered at home had a 3n5-fold increased risk of pneumonia.
Our data suggest that children with pre-existing lung disease, particularly asthma and bronchitis, are at an increased risk of pneumonia.
Fifteen children were affected by acute respiratory failure due to interstitial pneumonia.
Another prospective study showed that abnormal lung function in early life may predispose infants to pneumonia in the first 2 years of life [8].
However, this should not have a major impact on determining the incidence of pneumonia, since this is a common disease.
Most studies of communityacquired pneumonia in childhood have focussed only on hospitalized cases [24-26].
Logistic regression analysis was used to determine risk factors for pneumonia.
The ascertainment of pneumonia was by parental recall, which may be subject to bias.
Predicting death in patients hospitalised for community-acquired pneumonia.
Results from the pneumonia patient outcomes research team cohort study.
Preventing mismanagement of community-acquired pneumonia at an urban public hospital : implications for institution-specific practice guidelines.
Epidemiology of clinically diagnosed community-acquired pneumonia in the primary care setting : results from the 1999-2000 respiratory surveillance program.
Prandial aspiration and pneumonia in an elderly population followed over 3 years.
Prevention of diarrhoea and pneumonia by zinc supplementation in children in developing countries : pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials.
In remote communities pneumonia and other febrile illnesses are often treated with daily parenteral antibiotics without cultures.
Early treatment with acyclovir for varicella pneumonia in otherwise healthy adults : retrospective controlled study and review.
The literature on practice patterns for community-acquired pneumonia does not note a high frequency of inappropriate early hospital discharges.
She had repeated aspiration pneumonias and slow growth in spite of a gastrostomy for feeding, and she had difficulty with both verbal and motor development.
There were no differences regarding radiological presentation of pneumonias, and most patients had interstitial infiltrates.
The reason for this discrepancy is probably that, compared to infants, teenagers present fewer pneumonias caused by other microorganisms.
The first death was due to pneumonia, which occurred after reoperation for repair of residual partially anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
The disease symptoms can be relatively mild, but in some cases severe complications, including bronchial pneumonia and respiratory failure, can occur.
I use osteopathy, acupuncture and massage for my back problems, and homeopathy and acupuncture for my pneumonia.
Clinicians may well be more inclined to think of legionella during the summer when seeing patients with pneumonia who have just returned from holiday.
Independent risk factors for blastomycosis were black race and a prior history of pneumonia.
History of pneumonia and underlying illnesses was significantly associated with blastomycosis in this study.
Severe post-splenectomy infection (defined as meningitis, septicaemia or pneumonia requiring hospitalization) has a still greater incidence of 0.42-7.16/100 persons per year.
The mortality due to pneumonia is 10-50 times higher in the developing world and is therefore amenable to substantial improvement.
We can speculate on the models for a causal pathway for parental education to beneficially influence occurrence of pneumonia in infants and children.
Community-acquired pneumonia may be a condition suitable for quality improvement initiatives and where an impact would potentially have significant implications on resource allocation.
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