hospital-acquired pneumonia…

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hospital-acquired pneumonia, respiratory system, nosocomial pneumonia, hospital-acquired pneumonia, infection, the lungs contracted, a hospital stay, pneumonia, very common illness, many different organisms, range in seriousness from mild to life-threatening, hospital-acquired pneumonia tends to be more serious, defense mechanisms against infection, impaired, a hospital stay, kinds of infecting organisms, more dangerous than those generally encountered, in the community, risk factors predisposing people to hospital-acquired pneumonia, alcoholism, older age, immunosuppression from medications, recent illness, risk of aspiration, cough, produce mucus-like, greenish, pus-like sputum, chills, shortness of breath, fever, easy fatigue, chest pain, increased by deep breathing, coughing, sharp, stabbing, headache, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, general discomfort, uneasiness, ill feeling, malaise, joint stiffness, joint pain, rare, muscular stiffness, rare, excessive sweating, rare, a physical examination reveals respiratory distress, crackles, decreased breath sounds, listening, chest, a stethoscope, tests performed, chest x-ray, ct scan, sputum gram stain, sputum culture, causative organism, blood cultures, cbc, complete blood cell count, arterial blood gases, objective of treatment, cure the infection, antibiotics, an antibiotic is selected, the specific causative organism detected by sputum culture, organism cannot always be identified from testing, antibiotic therapy is given to fight the most common bacterial organisms that infect hospitalized patients, staphylococcus aureus, gram negative rods, supportive treatment includes supplemental oxygen, respiratory treatments to loosen, remove thick secretions, lungs, most patients respond, improve in 2 weeks, hospital-acquired pneumonias, very severe, fatal, elderly, debilitated patients who fail, treatment, die from acute respiratory failure, develops, in the hospital, detected, ongoing prevention programs to limit hospital-acquired infections, in place at most institutions.