Community acquired pneumonia

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The community-acquired pneumonia ( engl. Community-acquired pneumonia ( CAP )) determines such pneumonia whose causative pathogen outside the hospital were included.

The classification used divides pneumonia according to clinical practical aspects. She found her establishment to a publication by M. Woodhead in 1997. After that there is next to the community-acquired pneumonia ( CAP ), the nosocomial pneumonia ( Engl. Hospital-acquired pneumonia ( HAP )), pneumonia a ventilated patient ( Engl. Ventilator -associated pneumonia ( VAP )) and pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients. A prognosis for the course of the disease can be given.

properties

According to the above classification, the presumed spectrum of pneumonia pathogens can be estimated and the calculated antibiotic therapy can be adjusted accordingly. The most common pathogens (as of 3/2013) are Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae .

meaning

As a significant popular disease ( incidence 2 to 5 per 1000), community-acquired pneumonia is the subject of studies by the Competence Network for Community- Acquired Pneumonia ( CAPNETZ ), which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research .

Since 2005, in accordance with the resolution of the Federal Joint Committee , pneumonia acquired on an outpatient basis has been one of the services that require documentation for the external quality assurance of hospitals, which is professionally supervised by the Federal Office of Quality Assurance . The BQS contract for this ended in 2010 and was taken over by AQUA-Institut GmbH.

further reading

Individual evidence

  1. A. Torres, M. Woodhead (Eds.): Pneumonia. Volume 3 of European respiratory monograph, published by European Respiratory Society Journals, 1997, ISBN 1-904-09704-9
  2. ^ KBV: Rational Antibiotic Therapy, in Current Active Ingredients, Deutsches Aerzteblatt 3/2013

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