A team of researchers sought to determine the incidence of inappropriate diagnosis among patients hospitalized and treated for community-acquired pneumonia.
Chickajajur Vijay, MD; Felistia N. Crowder, MD; Maheen Rehman, MD; Seth J. Deskins, MD
A 13-year-old girl was admitted to our emergency department with a 4-day history of worsening conjunctivitis, stomatitis, and odynophagia, leading to decreased oral intake and dehydration.
A 72-year-old Black man presented to the clinic with subjective fever, severe fatigue, chest tightness, and dry cough for the previous 3 days. His history was significant for hypothyroidism, and he was a...
There are 7 ICD-10-CM codes to classify pneumonia. Test your knowledge on which code to use for a patient with pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae with our latest pop quiz.
In this podcast, George Tetz, MD, PhD, Danai Khemasuwan, MD, FCCP, Timothy Schwarz, DO, and Asim Kichloo, MD, discuss their respective studies recently presented at CHEST 2021 under the topic "New Insights...
In this podcast, Frank LoVecchio, MD, discusses typical and atypical presentations of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP), as well as important considerations for health care providers when...
In this podcast, Frank LoVecchio, MD, speaks about the unmet needs in the treatment of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia, and potential alternatives to the standard treatment regimen. This podcast is...
In this podcast, Christian Sandrock, MD, MPH, talks about the burden of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP) in the United States, including the financial burden, the burden on hospitals, and...
The researchers of a recent study examined how 170 US hospitals utilized urinary antigen testing, as well as the impact this testing has on antibiotic de-escalation. Study author Jennifer Schimmel, MD,...
