Pneumonia prevention interventions such as proper oral care, head-of-bed elevation, and incentive spirometry, are not being provided to most patients outside the ICU, leading to greater than two-thirds of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
An increasing body of subsequent research has challenged the usefulness of the healthcare-associated pneumonia label, including studies that have cast doubt on links between multidrug-resistant pathogens and increased mortality.
A multidisciplinary panel of experts put together by the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America released updated recommendations for the management of adults with community-acquired pneumonia.
The multicenter, randomized, double-blind, active-comparator-controlled phase 3 PNEU-PED study included 1720 healthy infants enrolled at 42-90 days of age.
The study found prenatal exposure to carbon monoxide in household air pollution was a risk factor for early pneumonia, a leading global cause of death for children younger than 5 years.
