Watkins, md, ms, american family physician, volume 83, number 11, june 1, 2011. May 08, 2020 the communityacquired pneumonia severity index is a tool that helps in the risk stratification of patients with cap. Pneumonia is a very common infection, with a worldwide annual incidence of 1. It is also one of the most common reasons for admission to hospital, being an infectious disease 2,3. Idsaats guidelines for cap in adults cid suppl 2 s27 it is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among pneumonia using the. Treatment of communityacquired pneumonia in adults in the outpatient setting. These are two clinically important issues that perhaps have not been sufficiently contemplated. Definicion y etiologia manifestaciones diagnostico. Admissions for pneumonia generate considerable health care expenditure. The document does not address either the initial clinical diagnostic criteria or prevention of pneumonia. Recently, the ersescmid 1 and separ 2 have published updated documents about the management of lower respiratory tract infections and communityacquired pneumonia cap. Cap is an extraordinarily heterogeneous illness, both in the range. Communityacquired pneumonia is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in mexico and the world.
423 1338 1240 25 1586 1625 969 45 627 1329 1610 1245 1492 949 268 814 85 998 1413 320 1503 301 399 448 1324 1380 1578 1237 1208 1521 1094 902 1267 233 1560 1382 695 906 943 914 1356 1423 1031 1200 532 1357 780 1135 376