Health officials say the need for the pneumonia vaccine now depends on age, medical conditions and which vaccine you’ve ...

Pneumonia, an infection that causes inflammation in the air sacs of the lungs and fills them with pus or fluid, causes 1.2 million emergency room visits and 41,000 deaths per year, according to data ...

Clinical guidelines focused on the diagnosis and treatment of adults with pneumonia that they acquired outside the hospital setting have been updated. The American Thoracic Society and the Infectious ...

A carefully implemented system of pneumonia care can lead to better outcomes and fewer unnecessary hospitalizations, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine study published in this ...

pneumonia diagnosis In immunocompromised adults, community-acquired pneumonia should be treated by a multidisciplinary team of physicians. A panel of 45 multidisciplinary physicians has achieved ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cardiovascular death risk 1 year after pneumonia hospitalization went down by 47% with guideline-concordant ...