Pneumonia diagnoses are marked by pronounced uncertainty, an AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found. More than half the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will ...

Daily toothbrushing was associated with lower rates of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) and intensive care unit (ICU) mortality, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis of ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is predicable with a short list of risk factors, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Sign up for our FREE E-Weekly for more ...

Adults who are admitted to the hospital are often inappropriately diagnosed with — and treated for — pneumonia, new research suggests. These misdiagnosed adults almost always receive a full course of ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is a significant cause of illness and death among patients requiring hospitalization. Little is known about the effectiveness of potential prevention strategies, ...

Toothbrushing also associated with lower rates of ICU mortality, shorter duration of mechanical ventilation, and shorter ICU length of stay Researchers say toothbrushing could be a cheap but effective ...

A phenomenon that skilled nursing teams have long appreciated was recently highlighted in a recent article published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers Ehrenzeller and Klompas shed light on a ...

The authors sought to assess the effectiveness of short vs prolonged-course antibiotic administration for hospital-acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults (most of whom had VAP) by conducting a ...

Pneumocystis jirovecii, formely called Pneumocystis carinii, opportunistic fungus which causes pneumonia in patients with HIV, 3D illustration Researchers examined the effect of morbid obesity on ...

Researchers have found an inexpensive tool that may help reduce rates of pneumonia for hospitalized patients - and it comes with bristles on one end. A new study by investigators from Brigham and ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is predicable with a short list of risk factors, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers analyzed 119 cases of ...