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  2. Nursing care plan - Wikipedia

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    A nursing care plan provides direction on the type of nursing care the individual/family/community may need. [1] The main focus of a nursing care plan is to facilitate standardised, evidence-based and holistic care. [2] Nursing care plans have been used for quite a number of years for human purposes and are now also getting used in the ...

  3. Pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    The IDSA has recommended that children and infants with symptoms of CAP should be hospitalized so they have access to pediatric nursing care. In 2011, pneumonia was the most common reason for admission to the hospital after an emergency department visit in the U.S. for infants and children. History WPA poster, 1936/1937

  4. Pneumococcal pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pneumococcal pneumonia is a type of bacterial pneumonia that is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus). [1] It is the most common bacterial pneumonia found in adults, the most common type of community-acquired pneumonia, and one of the common types of pneumococcal infection. The estimated number of Americans with pneumococcal ...

  5. Hospital-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Nursing home-acquired pneumonia is an important subgroup of HCAP. Residents of long-term care facilities may become infected through their contacts with the healthcare system; as such, the microbes responsible for their pneumonias may be different from those traditionally seen in community-dwelling patients, requiring therapy with different ...

  6. Classification of pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonology. Pneumonia can be classified in several ways, most commonly by where it was acquired (hospital versus community), but may also by the area of lung affected or by the causative organism. [1] There is also a combined clinical classification, which combines factors such as age, risk factors for certain microorganisms, the presence of ...

  7. Community-acquired pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Infectious diseases. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) refers to pneumonia (any of several lung diseases) contracted by a person outside of the healthcare system. In contrast, hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is seen in patients who have recently visited a hospital or who live in long-term care facilities. CAP is common, affecting people of ...

  8. Pneumonia severity index - Wikipedia

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    The pneumonia severity index (PSI) or PORT Score is a clinical prediction rule that medical practitioners can use to calculate the probability of morbidity and mortality among patients with community acquired pneumonia. The PSI/PORT score is often used to predict the need for hospitalization in people with pneumonia.

  9. Aspiration pneumonia - Wikipedia

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    Clindamycin, meropenem, ampicillin/sulbactam, moxifloxacin [1] Frequency. ~10% of pneumonia cases requiring hospitalization [1] Aspiration pneumonia is a type of lung infection that is due to a relatively large amount of material from the stomach or mouth entering the lungs. [1] Signs and symptoms often include fever and cough of relatively ...

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