Current Practice Guidelines – Pneumonia

When patients come to the ED and are diagnosed with pneumonia, it can be confusing to figure out which antibiotics to administer. Previous thinking separated community acquired pneumonia (CAP), hospital acquired pneumonia (HAP), and health-care associated pneumonia (HCAP). However, health-care associated pneumonia has been dropped from the newest treatment guidelines published in 2016 because studies …

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