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Guidelines
Respiratory Infections

Respiratory Infections

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Severe
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In Patient Severe/ICU

Hospital Acquired Pneumonia

Mild/Moderate
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  • >48 hrs hospitalization
  • No risk factors for resistance

Severe
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  • >48 hrs hospitalization: severe/ICU

OR

  • Isolation of resistant organisms

OR

  • Risk factors for resistance including:
    • Prior antibiotics ≤3 months
    • Structural lung disease
    • Immunosuppression

Aspiration Pneumonia

Aspiration Pneumonia
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Normally occurs >48 hrs post aspiration event

Aspiration Pneumonitis
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Acute lung injury caused by inhalation of sterile gastric contents