American Thoracic Society PATIENT EDUCATION | …What is Pneumonia? Adapted from “What is...

1
CLIP AND COPY American Thoracic Society www.thoracic.org CLIP AND COPY Symptoms: The most common are: • cough • fever • chills • trouble breathing Sometimes, people will have: • upset stomach (nausea) • diarrhea • chest pain Less often, people will have • fatigue, but no cough or fever Signs can come on fast, or can get worse over time. At times, a person with a virus, like a cold, can get a new fever or start to feel worse. This could mean there is a new problem caused by germs. People who start out with a cold or the flu can get pneumonia in this way. Medical Tests: Your doctor will think about your signs and do an exam. They may also do: • chest x-ray • CT (“cat”) scan • sputum (phlegm/mucus) tests • other tests, if needed Treatment: • It can be hard to know what is causing your illness. Your doctor will treat you with medicines (antibiotics) that are likely to work for you. • With this illness, you may need to take medicines (antibiotics), rest often, and drink plenty of fluids. Many people are able to recover at home. Some people who are very sick may need to stay in the hospital and get other treatments, such as oxygen or even be on a breathing machine until they can breathe well on their own. Call the doctor or clinic if: • Your cough is very bad or getting worse • You have a fever that is not going away • You have a hard time breathing Seek help right away if: • You have a hard time breathing • You have severe chest pain • Your fingertips are a bluish color • You cough up blood Tips to help you get better faster: • Take all doses of your medicine, even if you start to feel better in a few days • Do not skip doses of your medicine. • Do not save medicine or give it to someone else • Rest, but do not stay in bed all of the time. It is best to get up and move. • Drink plenty of liquids • Do not smoke or vape What is Pneumonia? February 2020 Adapted from “What is Pneumonia” Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol. 193, P1-P2, 2016. Authors: Drs. Barbara Jones, Nathan Dean, Richard Wunderink, and Marianna Sockrider. Reviewers: Drs. Hrishikesh Kulkarni and Charles Dela Cruz Pneumonia (nu-mo ne-a) is a swelling of the air sacs in the lungs. Many things can cause this illness. Usually it is due to germs. Normal Pneumonia 7:38 # To learn more, go to ATS at www.thoracic.org/patients or CDC at http://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/index.html PATIENT EDUCATION | INFORMATION SERIES

Transcript of American Thoracic Society PATIENT EDUCATION | …What is Pneumonia? Adapted from “What is...

Page 1: American Thoracic Society PATIENT EDUCATION | …What is Pneumonia? Adapted from “What is Pneumonia” Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol. 193, P1-P2, 2016. Authors: Drs. Barbara Jones,

CLI

P A

ND

CO

PY

American Thoracic Society

www.thoracic.org

CLI

P A

ND

CO

PY

Symptoms:The most common are:• cough• fever• chills• trouble breathing

Sometimes, people will have:• upset stomach (nausea)• diarrhea• chest pain

Less often, people will have• fatigue, but no cough or feverSigns can come on fast, or can get worse over time. Attimes, a person with a virus, like a cold, can get a newfever or start to feel worse. This could mean there is anew problem caused by germs. People who start outwith a cold or the flu can get pneumonia in this way.

Medical Tests:Your doctor will think about your signs and do an exam. They may also do:• chest x-ray• CT (“cat”) scan• sputum (phlegm/mucus) tests• other tests, if needed

Treatment: • It can be hard to know what is causing your illness.

Your doctor will treat you with medicines (antibiotics)that are likely to work for you.

• With this illness, you may need to take medicines(antibiotics), rest often, and drink plenty of fluids. Many people are able to recover at home. Somepeople who are very sick may need to stay in thehospital and get other treatments, such as oxygen

or even be on a breathing machine until they can breathe well on their own.

Call the doctor or clinic if: • Your cough is very bad or getting worse• You have a fever that is not going away• You have a hard time breathing

Seek help right away if:• You have a hard time breathing• You have severe chest pain• Your fingertips are a bluish color• You cough up blood

Tips to help you get better faster:• Take all doses of your medicine, even if you start to

feel better in a few days• Do not skip doses of your medicine. • Do not save medicine or give it to someone else• Rest, but do not stay in bed all of the

time. It is best to get up and move.• Drink plenty of liquids• Do not smoke or vape

What is Pneumonia?

February 2020 Adapted from “What is Pneumonia”Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol. 193, P1-P2, 2016.

Authors: Drs. Barbara Jones, Nathan Dean, Richard Wunderink, and Marianna Sockrider. Reviewers: Drs. Hrishikesh Kulkarni and Charles Dela Cruz

Pneumonia (nu-mo ne-a) is a swelling of the air sacs in the lungs. Many things can cause this illness. Usually it is due to germs.

Normal

Pneumonia

7:38

#

To learn more, go to ATS at www.thoracic.org/patients or CDC at http://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/index.html

PATIENT EDUCATION | INFORMATION SERIES

http://www.thoracic.org

How to manage and prevent the different faces of pneumonia ...€¦ · Yende S, Am J Respir Crit ... V. 29.2: Inpatient. Woodhead EurR J 2005. Fine, NEJM 1997. ... How to manage and

How to manage and prevent the different faces of pneumonia ...€¦ · Yende S, Am J Respir Crit ... V. 29.2: Inpatient. Woodhead EurR J 2005. Fine, NEJM 1997. ... How to manage and

Polymyxins in Asia SHORT SHORT.ppt 2... · Distribution of Bacteria in NP in Asian Countries * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Am J Respir Crit Care Med Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011

Polymyxins in Asia SHORT SHORT.ppt 2... · Distribution of Bacteria in NP in Asian Countries * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Am J Respir Crit Care Med Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011

A “Balanced” Approach to Fluids · Secondary outcome: MAKE30 Death Dialysis Persistently reduced eGFR Semler M, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2017; 195: 1362-1372. SALT-ED

A “Balanced” Approach to Fluids · Secondary outcome: MAKE30 Death Dialysis Persistently reduced eGFR Semler M, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2017; 195: 1362-1372. SALT-ED

COPD and Asthma.WAC.ppt - Confex · Chronic bronchitis Emphysema The Overlap Between Asthma and COPD Adapted from American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995;152(5

COPD and Asthma.WAC.ppt - Confex · Chronic bronchitis Emphysema The Overlap Between Asthma and COPD Adapted from American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995;152(5

Predicting Success with VV ECMO - Home - Critical …...Barbaro R et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191:894-901. “ECMO is less a discrete intervention than a commitment by a

Predicting Success with VV ECMO - Home - Critical …...Barbaro R et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2015;191:894-901. “ECMO is less a discrete intervention than a commitment by a

PULMONARY REHABILITATION AND COLLABORATIVE SELF MANAGEMENT · concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 188(8):e13-e64. 11. Smith SMS, Sonego

PULMONARY REHABILITATION AND COLLABORATIVE SELF MANAGEMENT · concepts and advances in pulmonary rehabilitation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 188(8):e13-e64. 11. Smith SMS, Sonego

The Puritan Bennett 980 ICU Ventilator System · 5. Epstein SK. Optimizing patient-ventilator synchrony. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2001;22(2):137-152. 6. Pohlman et al Excessive

The Puritan Bennett 980 ICU Ventilator System · 5. Epstein SK. Optimizing patient-ventilator synchrony. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2001;22(2):137-152. 6. Pohlman et al Excessive

Dissecting VILI from ARDS - Critical Care · PDF fileDissecting VILI from ARDS Luciano Gattinoni, MD, FRCP ... Protti A. et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Feb 4. Hours of mechanical

Dissecting VILI from ARDS - Critical Care · PDF fileDissecting VILI from ARDS Luciano Gattinoni, MD, FRCP ... Protti A. et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Feb 4. Hours of mechanical

ORIGINAL ARTICLE...This article has an online supplement, which is accessible from this issue’s table of contents at Listen to accompanying podcast discussion at Am J Respir Crit

ORIGINAL ARTICLE...This article has an online supplement, which is accessible from this issue’s table of contents at Listen to accompanying podcast discussion at Am J Respir Crit

Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome · Papazian L, et al. Crit Care Med 2005;33:2162 Mancebo J, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:1233 Demory D,

Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome · Papazian L, et al. Crit Care Med 2005;33:2162 Mancebo J, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006;173:1233 Demory D,

Ebola, Emergency Medicine, and Global Bioethics...• Fowler, et al. (2014). Caring for critically ill patients with Ebola virus disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 190:7 733- 737.

Ebola, Emergency Medicine, and Global Bioethics...• Fowler, et al. (2014). Caring for critically ill patients with Ebola virus disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 190:7 733- 737.

Pretreatment Assessment of the Lung Resection Candidate · Brunelli, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006. 6. Pierce, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994. CHEST Guidelines § In patients with

Pretreatment Assessment of the Lung Resection Candidate · Brunelli, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006. 6. Pierce, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994. CHEST Guidelines § In patients with

RBR-262; No.of Pages 4 ARTICLE IN PRESS - core.ac.uk · Moser KM. Large vessel pulmonary arteritis mimicking chronic thromboembolic disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995;152:367–73.

RBR-262; No.of Pages 4 ARTICLE IN PRESS - core.ac.uk · Moser KM. Large vessel pulmonary arteritis mimicking chronic thromboembolic disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995;152:367–73.

MRSA pneumonia mucus plug burden and the difficult …criticalcareshock.org/files/2016/08/MRSA-pneumonia-mucus...Case report Crit Care Shock (2016) 19:54-58 MRSA pneumonia mucus plug

MRSA pneumonia mucus plug burden and the difficult …criticalcareshock.org/files/2016/08/MRSA-pneumonia-mucus...Case report Crit Care Shock (2016) 19:54-58 MRSA pneumonia mucus plug

Cross Canada Round - cts-sct.ca · Vocal cord dysfunction masquerading as exercise-induced asthma. a physiologic cause for “choking” during athletic activities. Am J Respir Crit

Cross Canada Round - cts-sct.ca · Vocal cord dysfunction masquerading as exercise-induced asthma. a physiologic cause for “choking” during athletic activities. Am J Respir Crit

Sepsis Update 2017 - MemorialCare · PDF fileSepsis Update 2017 A Year in Review ... Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2/1/16 ... –Septic shock: subset of sepsis with circulatory and

Sepsis Update 2017 - MemorialCare · PDF fileSepsis Update 2017 A Year in Review ... Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2/1/16 ... –Septic shock: subset of sepsis with circulatory and

Bronchiectasis · Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Mar 1;189(5):576-85. ... associated with bronchiectasis and a potential new non antibiotic treatment

Bronchiectasis · Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Mar 1;189(5):576-85. ... associated with bronchiectasis and a potential new non antibiotic treatment

CURRICULUM VITAE · Web viewEffects of Aged Stored Autologous Red Blood Cells on Human Endothelial Function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov 15;192(10):1223-33. PMCID: PMC4731619

CURRICULUM VITAE · Web viewEffects of Aged Stored Autologous Red Blood Cells on Human Endothelial Function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov 15;192(10):1223-33. PMCID: PMC4731619

Protective ventilation for ALL patients...Cressoni M et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014,189(2):149–158 Cressoni M et al. Anesthesiology. 2016 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print] Higher

Protective ventilation for ALL patients...Cressoni M et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2014,189(2):149–158 Cressoni M et al. Anesthesiology. 2016 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print] Higher

Extra pulmonary manifestations of … pulmonary manifestations of COPDmanifestations of COPD ... COPD with lowest FEV1 have ... (Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;166:787––99) SMD

Extra pulmonary manifestations of … pulmonary manifestations of COPDmanifestations of COPD ... COPD with lowest FEV1 have ... (Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002;166:787––99) SMD