Epidemiology of communityacquired pneumonia in adults respiratory diseases represent the third cause of death in chilean population, after cardiovascular diseases and malignancy. Updating of the diagnosis of the community acquired pneumonia. Cap inchildren in the united states, the focus of these guidelines, is defined simply as the presence of signs and symptoms of pneumonia in a previously healthy child caused by an. Watkins, md, ms, american family physician, volume 83, number 11, june 1, 2011.
The document does not address either the initial clinical diagnostic criteria or prevention of pneumonia. Fifty percent of deaths caused by respiratory diseases in adults are. Prognostic scales versus evolutive parameters in icu admission decisions. Community acquired pneumonia in childhood 2011 british toracic society. Introduccion, objetivos y metodologia introduccion. 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. Community acquired pneumonia cap is one of the first mortality causes in colombia it accounts for of every 100,000 deaths per year. British thoracic society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in children.
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