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| | Pneumonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Fungal pneumonia is uncommon, but it may occur in individuals with immune system problems due to AIDS, immunosuppresive drugs, or other medical problems. | | | People with pneumonia may cough up blood, experience headaches, or develop sweaty and clammy skin. | | | An important test for detecting pneumonia in unclear situations is a chest x-ray. |
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| | PNEUMONIA |
| | The formation of the pneumonia is not determined by the particular cold virus or bacteria that the person has, but rather by each person's susceptibility in their own lungs. | | | When the doctor hears pneumonia in the chest, but the child is acting fine, with almost no other symptoms of pneumonia, then it may be walking pneumonia. | | | This is simply a milder case of pneumonia, where the child does not appear as sick. |
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| | Pneumonia |
| | The germ causing the pneumonia and the judgment of the doctor determines the drugs used to fight pneumonia. | | | In some patients, medication to ease chest pain and to provide relief from violent cough may be necessary. | | | There is no clearly effective treatment yet for viral pneumonia, which usually heals on its own. |
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| | Pneumonia - DrGreene.com |
| | All children who get two or more pneumonias within one year should have their immune system evaluated to be sure there’s no problem. | | | The diagnosis is usually based on history, physical examination, and chest x-ray. | | | Most children with viral pneumonias do not need antibiotics or specific anti-viral medicines. |
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| | Introduction: Pneumonia: Merck Manual Home Edition |
| | Deep-breathing exercises and therapy to clear secretions help prevent pneumonia in people at high risk, such as those who have had chest or abdominal surgery and those who are debilitated. | | | People with pneumonia also need to clear secretions and benefit from deep-breathing exercises and therapy as well. | | | A doctor or nurse checks for pneumonia by listening to the chest with a stethoscope. |
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| | eMedicine - Pediatrics, Pneumonia : Article by Lakshmi V Atkuri, MD |
| | Abdominal pain or tenderness is not an uncommon symptom of lower lobe pneumonia and chest pain, although this usually represents pleuritic involvement in children with viral syndromes. | | | It is important for the physician to understand that the typical causes and presentations of pneumonia in infants and children are variable, depending upon the child's age and underlying medical condition. | | | Patients who were placed on a protocol-driven pneumonia clinical pathway are more likely to have favorable outcomes. |
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| | Pneumonia information produced by medical doctors |
| | Chest X-ray - A chest x-ray is a radiology test that involves exposing the chest briefly to radiation to produce an image of the chest and the internal organs of the chest. | | | chest x-ray can be used to define abnormalities of the lungs such as excessive fluid, pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, cysts, and cancers. | | | Normally, the body's reflex response (coughing back up the secretions) and immune system will prevent the aspirated organisms from causing pneumonia. |
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| | Pneumonia |
| | For a diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia, physicians should be sure to rule out other conditions, using a chest x-ray, two sets of blood cultures, a urine analysis for Legionella, lung fluid sample, and possibly other tests for specific organisms. | | | In some cases of pneumonia, the pleura become inflamed, which can result in breathlessness and acute chest pain when breathing. | | | Small children who develop pneumonia and survive are at also at risk for developing lung problems in adulthood. |
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| | Pneumonia |
| | Your doctor may first suspect pneumonia based on your medical history and a physical exam. | | | Be especially prompt about seeking medical care if you're an older adult, or you're affected by alcoholism, injury, chemotherapy or the use of drugs such as prednisone that suppress the immune system. | | | You may not be sick enough to stay in bed or to seek medical care, and may never even know you've had pneumonia. |
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| | Medstudents - Pneumology - Pneumonia Overview |
| | Notwithstanding the availability of potent antimicrobial drugs, pneumonia is still a major health problem. | | | Radiologically, it can be difficult to distinguish between pneumonia, pulmonary edema and pulmonary infarction, being clinical features much more important in deciding the issue. | | | Simple and inexpensive test that also helps in determining the most appropriate therapy. |
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| | If your child's pneumonia is RSV-related, the doctor may also hear some wheezing, which is typical with RSV. | | | But with your child's immunity down, thanks to the flu, his chances of developing any kind of pneumonia are greater. | | | They diagnosed him with pneumonia after re-hydreating him by I.V. and a chest x-ray. |
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| | Pneumonia - New Jersey NJ |
| | Diagnosis of pneumonia is based on symptoms and listening to your chest with a stethoscope. | | | Antiviral medicines - may be prescribed for young children and patients with weakened immune systems (Note: Antibiotics are ineffective for treating viral pneumonia.) | | | Over-the-counter medicines to reduce fever and aches, and soothe cough |
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| | Pneumonia: New Prediction Model Proves Promising |
| | The study, reported in the January 23, 1997 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, was conducted as part of the Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT), a 5-year, multi-center AHCPR-supported project directed by Wishwa N. Kapoor, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. | | | Preferences for home versus hospital care among low-risk patients with community-acquired pneumonia. | | | For the full bibliography of publications related to this study see Assessment of the Variation and Outcomes of Pneumonia: Pneumonia Patient Outcomes Research Team Final Report. |
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| | The Body: Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) |
| | Discontinuation of Secondary Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Patients With HIV Infection Who Have a Response to Antiretroviral Therapy (January 18, 2001) | | | Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: Report From the TheThird International Conference on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (November 1996) | | | Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia: What's New in the Era of Combination Antiretroviral Therapies and Protease Inhibitors? |
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| | MedlinePlus: Pneumonia |
| | The primary NIH organization for research on Pneumonia is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | | | Pneumococcal Pneumonia (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) | | | Diagnosing and Treating Pneumonia (American Medical Association) - Links to PDF |
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| | Pneumococcal Pneumonia, NIAID Fact Sheet |
| | Therefore, if you are at risk of getting pneumococcal pneumonia, you should talk with your health care worker about taking steps to prevent it. | | | The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) supports research on more effective prevention and treatment approaches to control pneumonia and its causes, including | | | Developing and testing vaccines and treatments for the disease-causing microbes that cause pneumonia |
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 6, Ch. 73, Pneumonia |
| | Diagnosis is based on the characteristic symptoms combined with an infiltrate on chest x-ray. | | | The most reliable specimens are taken from normally sterile sites, such as blood in patients with bacteremic pneumonia or pleural fluid in patients with empyema. | | | About 30 to 50% of patients have no identifiable pathogen despite a clinical impression of bacterial pneumonia. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Pneumonia |
| | If you have cancer or HIV, you should talk to your doctor about additional ways to prevent pneumonia. | | | Crackles are heard when listening to your chest with a stethoscope. | | | This tends to be more serious because the patient's immune system is often impaired due to the condition that initially required treatment. |
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| | Clinical Syndromes of Pneumonia |
| | Skin testing for histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis is performed only if a previous skin test was negative. | | | aeruginosa is also often seen as a cause of pneumonia in patients with cystic fibrosis and those with severely compromised respiratory defenses. | | | The signs and symptoms of this particular syndrome are also seen in other syndromes (some infections of the immunocompromised host, and in the aspiration-prone patient, pneumonias of the newborn and infant). |
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| | Introduction: Pneumonia - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Treatments for Pneumonia: Various information is available about treatments available for Pneumonia, current research about Pneumonia treatments, or research treatments for other diseases. | | | Researching symptoms of Pneumonia: Further information about the symptoms of Pneumonia is available including a list of symptoms of Pneumonia, other diseases that might have similar symptoms in differential diagnosis of Pneumonia, or alternatively return to research other symptoms in the symptom center. | | | Misdiagnosis and Pneumonia: Research more detailed information about misdiagnosis of Pneumonia, failure to diagnose Pneumonia, underlying causes of Pneumonia (possibly misdiagnosed), or research misdiagnosis of other diseases. |
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| | Pneumonia is also caused by mycoplasma, commonly called "walking pneumonia," because the patient isn't all that sick and is literally walking around. | | | Pneumonia is distinct from and should not be confused with bronchitis. | | | Many pneumonias are treated at home nowadays; sometimes hospitalization is needed. |
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| | Pneumonia -- Topic Overview |
| | For most people, pneumonia can be treated at home. | | | Pneumonia is a lung infection that can make you very sick. | | | You can get pneumonia in your daily life, such as at school or work. |
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| | Amazon.co.uk: Pneumonia: Music |
| | While it's unfortunate that the reliably unreliable Whiskeytown didn't live to see the release of its most consistent disc, Pneumonia is a harbinger of still better things to come from both Adams and Cary. | | | Despite all these stylistic detours, though, the main course plotted on PNEUMONIA is a sunny, jangly roots-rock expansive enough to encompass all the aforementioned influences and Adams's lyrical concerns while still maintaing a common sonic thread. | | | Though Whiskeytown singer Ryan Adams has been anointed by the NO DEPRESSION set as the Bob Dylan of alt-country, his non-world-shaking solo debut proved that despite the boy wonder's talents, Whiskeytown is very much a band. |
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