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Pneumonia Analysis

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The main outcomes were consultation with symptom of lower respiratory infections in the thirty days. Multivariable analysis controlled for an extensive list of variables related to the propensity to prescribe antibiotics. Abate uncomplicated respiratory tract infections are the most common acute illnesses managed in primary care. The GRACE (Genomics to combat Resistance against Antibiotics for Community acquired lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in Europe) trial in lower respiratory tract infection documented no clear benefit of antibiotics. Major differences were found between antibiotic prescribing groups for some variables, particularly assessment of severity and lung findings. Participants prescribed antibiotics immediately were …show more content…

Your physician will diagnose pneumonia based on your medical history, a physical exam, and test results. Your doctor will listen to your lung sounds and if you have pneumonia your lungs may have a crackling or rumbling sound when you inhale. Wheezing may also, be heard. Then he/she may obtain a CXR to determine inflammation in your lungs. A complete blood count is ordered to see if your immune system is fighting an infection. Also, blood cultures are ordered to find out whether you have a bacterial infection that has spread to your bloodstream, then your MD can determine how to treat the infection. There are many different types of pneumonia. Pneumonia is named for the way in which a person gets the infection or the germ that can cause the infection. There is community-acquired which is the most common type of pneumonia. These cases occur during winter months and occurs outside of the hospital. Hospital-acquired pneumonia is more serious than community-acquired pneumonia because hospitals carry more germs that are resistant to antibiotics. Atypical pneumonia is a type of community-acquired pneumonia being that it is caused by lung infections that include bacteria like Legionella pneumophila and Mycoplasma. (Sept,2016).The type of pneumonia you have and how severe the pneumonia you have determines the treatment. Antibiotics are the norm for treatment of bacterial pneumonia. Most begin to improve after one to three days of antibiotic treatment. If there is viral pneumonia, antibiotics will not work. Antiviral medications will need to be initiated. One to three weeks is the duration of treatment. Vaccines are available to prevent pneumonia caused by the flu virus and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that "adults who are sixty-five and older should have two pneumococcal vaccinations. It is usually given between September through November which is called the flu

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