SALT LAKE CITY – With the chill of winter comes a spike in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which spreads more easily as people retreat indoors and come into close contact. The lung infection ...
You can get pneumonia through bacterial, fungal, or viral infections. You can also get aspiration pneumonia, which is when you inhale food, or hospital-acquired pneumonia. To prevent pneumonia, get ...
A recent study published in JAMA Network Open evaluated outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with pneumonia due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or other etiologies. Study: Outcomes ...
Telling pneumonia and lung cancer apart can be difficult because both conditions target the lungs and often produce similar symptoms, such as persistent cough, chest pain, and fatigue. Despite these ...
Pneumonia that fails to respond to treatment is a common problem. Although quantification of the frequency of this problem is difficult, approximately 15% of pulmonary consultations and 8% of ...