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Diagnosis and classification of Pneumonia

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The diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is complicated and clinically challenging in the case of ventilated patients [1]. HAP is clinically diagnosed in patients who have been hospitalized for at least 48 hours and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is clinically diagnosed in patients who are ventilated and pneumonia develops at least 48 hours after endotracheal intubation. The subsequent presentation of a new opacity on the chest radiograph and presence of two or more clinical features, including fever, leukopenia or leukocytosis, hypoxemia, and purulent respiratory secretions [2], are required for clinical diagnosis of pneumonia.

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Torres, A., Cillóniz, C. (2015). Diagnosis and classification of Pneumonia. In: Clinical Management of Bacterial Pneumonia. Adis, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22062-8_4

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