Get Pneumonia Pathways And Order Form Implemented

Consensus guidelines from ATS,8 Infectious Diseases Society of America,9 and Canadian Guidelines for the Initial Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia28 (Figure 16) recommend initial empiric therapy with macrolides, fluoroquinolones, or ().

Drink warm beverages, take steamy baths and use a humidifier to help open your airways and ease your breathing. Contact your doctor right away if your breathing gets worse instead of better over time. Stay away from smoke to let your lungs heal. This includes smoking, secondhand smoke and wood smoke.

The main treatment for bacterial pneumonia is antibiotics. You should also rest and drink plenty of water.

The CAP pathway refers to all patients admitted to the hospital with CAP who have been started on a standard treatment protocol via the CDS advisory or order set. The pathway is initiated in the emergency room when a provider signs an order for both a chest radiograph and any antibiotic.

Pneumonia is a type of lung infection. It can cause breathing problems and other symptoms. In community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), you get infected in a community setting. It doesn't happen in a hospital, nursing home, or other healthcare center.

Causative agents of CAP The most common causative agent is Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is responsible for almost 50% of cases (Table 1);5 other common causes are respiratory viruses (mainly influenza A) and the atypical bacteria Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

Other appropriate antibiotics may include the fluoroquinolone antibiotics such as (); or combined therapy of a beta-lactam such as or /clavulanate () with a macrolide antibiotic.

A 14-day therapy with macrolide or will treat tularemia pneumonia or psittacosis, and is the drug of choice for pneumonia caused by coccidioidomycosis or histoplasmosis. A five-day therapy with is recommended for all patients who test positive for the influenza virus.