Severe community-acquired pneumonia: current outcomes, epidemiology, etiology, and therapy
Authors:
- Marcos I. RestrepoMRMarcos I. Restrepo
- James H. JorgensenJJJames H. Jorgensen
- Eric M. MortensenEMEric M. Mortensen
- Antonio AnzuetoAAAntonio Anzueto
- 1 December 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (6) , 703-709
Abstract
Severe community-acquired pneumonia is a clinical diagnosis with a significant impact on healthcare management around the world, with the highest morbidity and mortality of all of the forms of community-acquired pneumonia. Patients with severe pneumonia usually require intensive care unit management, including vasopressors or mechanical ventilation. Early clinical suspicion and prompt empiric antimicrobial therapies are mandatory in patients with severe pneumonia. A number of recent studies and guidelines addressing these issues have been published, and they will be reviewed in this article.Keywords
This publication has 54 references indexed in Scilit:
- Etiology, Reasons for Hospitalization, Risk Classes, and Outcomes of Community‐Acquired Pneumonia in Patients Hospitalized on the Basis of Conventional Admission CriteriaClinical Infectious Diseases, 2001
- Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Community-acquired PneumoniaAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2001
- Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in AdultsClinical Infectious Diseases, 2000
- Canadian Guidelines for the Initial Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: An Evidence-Based Update by the Canadian Infectious Diseases Society and the Canadian Thoracic SocietyClinical Infectious Diseases, 2000
- Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Pneumococcal ResistanceArchives of internal medicine (1960), 2000
- Implementation of Admission Decision Support for Community-Acquired PneumoniaChest, 2000
- A Controlled Trial of a Critical Pathway for Treatment of Community-Acquired PneumoniaJAMA, 2000
- ERS Task Force Report. Guidelines for management of adult community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. European Respiratory SocietyEuropean Respiratory Journal, 1998
- Incidence of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. Results of a population-based active surveillance Study in Ohio. The Community-Based Pneumonia Incidence Study GroupArchives of internal medicine (1960), 1997
- A Prediction Rule to Identify Low-Risk Patients with Community-Acquired PneumoniaNew England Journal of Medicine, 1997