Implementation of a rapid molecular pneumonia panel is associated with earlier antimicrobial optimization among critically ill patients with pneumonia.

Children who are recovering from severe pneumonia could safely switch from injectable to oral antibiotics earlier, allowing them to come home from hospital sooner. This is according to new results ...

In our current health care environment, hospitals and health care providers are challenged to provide a high standard of care in a more efficient way. Multiple evidence-based practice guidelines ...

Home-based treatment of severe pneumonia with high-dose oral amoxicillin was evaluated in a randomized trial conducted in Pakistan (Lancet. 2008;371:49-56). Children with severe pneumonia (N=2,100) ...

Pneumonia is a common lung infection that can make breathing difficult and, in some cases, become life-threatening. It happens when the air sacs in the lungs fill with fluid or pus. Each year, about ...