Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Causes, Management, and Outcomes

A retrospective observational study details higher resource use and mortality as well as diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of severe versus nonsevere CAP in the U.S.

Although pneumonia is among the top ten causes of death in the U.S., the characteristics of severe community-acquired pneumonia (sCAP) remain poorly characterized. Only since 2007 have the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America (ATS/IDSA) pneumonia guidelines provided a standard definition of sCAP (i.e., meeting 1 major criterion [septic shock necessitating vasopressors or respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation] or 3 minor criteria [indicated by laboratory and physiologic markers]). In a retrospective observational study using a database involving 177 U.S. hospitals, researchers describe sCAP epidemiology, microbiology, and outcomes. Among almost 155,000 inpatients, 14% met at least one major criterio…

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Thomas Glück, MD

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Editorial BoardsConsilium Infectiorum by InfectoPharm, Infection

Thomas Glück, MD

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Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Causes, Management, and Outcomes

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