Hospital Acquired Pneumonia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
Hospital Acquired Pneumonia, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions
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Overview
This book describes Hospital Acquired Pneumonia, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases
Pneumonia is the infection of the lungs that is produced by many different germs.
Pneumonia can be acquired in the community (community acquired pneumonia) and while hospitalized (hospital acquired pneumonia).
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most frequent infectious diseases and is an important cause of disease and death worldwide such as the coronavirus pandemic occurring in 2020.
Numerous other micro-organisms can produce CAP in the proper medical situation.
Epidemiologic data may provide indications to the specific organism causing CAP such as:
1. The most frequent bacterial pathogen generally is S pneumoniae, even though, in some situations, including in the USA, its incidence is reducing, possibly due to vaccination.
2. Underlying chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD: H influenzae or M catarrhalis
3. Recent influenza infection: Staphylococcus aureus or S pneumoniae
4. Alcoholic patient manifesting with “currant jelly” sputum: Klebsiella pneumoniae
Also, the atypical CAP pathogens are really frequent sources of CAP and were initially classified as atypical since they are not easily detectable on Gram stain or cultivated on bacteriologic media.
CAP is normally obtained by inhalation or aspiration of a pathogenic organism.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is an infection of the lungs that happens while the patient is in the hospital.
This form of pneumonia can be very serious.
Occasionally, it can be lethal.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia happens 48 hours or more after admission to the hospital.
The lungs become inflamed and swollen and cannot function well.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia is normally produced by bacteria.
It can be life-threatening especially in older patients.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia is likely to be more serious than other lung infections because:
1. Patients in the hospital are often very sick and cannot fight off germs.
2. The types of germs present in a hospital are often more lethal and more resistant to treatment than those outside in the community.
3. Pneumonia happens more often in people using a ventilator which is a machine that helps them breathe.
4. Hospital-acquired pneumonia can also be spread by hospital workers who can pass germs from their hands, clothes, or instruments from one person to another.
This is why hand-washing, wearing gowns and making use of other safety measures is so important in the hospital.
Patients tend more likely to get pneumonia while in the hospital if they:
1. Abuse alcohol
2. Have had chest surgery or other major surgical procedure
3. Have a weak immune system from cancer treatment, certain medicines, or severe wounds
4. Have long-term (chronic) lung disease
5. Inhale saliva or food into their lungs (aspiration pneumonia) as a result of not being fully alert or having swallowing disorders (e.g., after a stroke)
6. Are not mentally alert due to medicines or illness
7. Are older with weakened muscles
8. Are placed on a breathing machine (ventilator)
With hospital-acquired pneumonia, the inflamed air sacs can fill up with fluid or pus, producing all the coughing and phlegm.
A number of micro-organisms, most often bacteria, viruses, and fungi, enter the body system, normally through the air inhaled.
A strong immune system is necessary for resisting the infection, mostly for seniors and others at higher risk.
The patient may not inhale enough oxygen if the lungs are inflamed or filled with fluid.
Low oxygen can produce injury to other body organs, such as the kidneys, heart, and brain.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 Hospital Acquired Pneumonia
Chapter 2 Causes
Chapter 3 Symptoms
Chapter 4 Diagnosis
Chapter 5 Treatment
Chapter 6 Prognosis
Chapter 7 Community Acquired Pneumonia
Chapter 8 Typical Pneumonia
Epilogue
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940164107949 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Kenneth Kee |
| Publication date: | 06/09/2020 |
| Sold by: | Smashwords |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 178 KB |
About the Author
Medical doctor since 1972.
Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.
Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.
Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 70.
However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in
the afternoon.
He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.
His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com
This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.
From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.
He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.
He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.
Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.
For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.
The later books go into more details of medical disorders.
He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.
The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.
He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.
His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.
The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.
He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting
with the Apple computer and going to PC.
The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.
The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.
He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.
His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.
The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.
This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.
Dr Kee is the author of:
"A Family Doctor's Tale"
"Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine"
"Case Notes From A Family Doctor"