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Do recommend explaining to patients with community‑acquired pneumonia that after starting treatment their symptoms should steadily improve, although the rate of improvement will vary with the ...
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- 1 week: fever should have resolved - 4 weeks: chest pain and sputum production should have substantially reduced - 6 weeks: cough and breathlessness should have substantially reduced - 3 months: most symptoms should have resolved but fatigue may still be present - 6 months: most people will feel back to normal. Advise patients with community‑acquired pneumonia to consult their healthcare professional if they feel that their condition is deteriorating or not improving as expected.
ver más ... 2019Do not recommend routinely discharging patients with community‑acquired pneumonia if in the past 24 hours they have had 2 or more of the following findings:
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- temperature higher than 37.5°C - respiratory rate 24 breaths per minute or more - heart rate over 100 beats per minute - systolic blood pressure 90 mmHg or less - oxygen saturation under 90% on room air - abnormal mental status - inability to eat without assistance Consider delaying discharge for patients with community‑acquired pneumonia if their temperature is higher than 37.5°C.
ver más ... 2019Do recommend considering measuring a baseline C‑reactive protein concentration in patients with community‑acquired pneumonia on admission to hospital, and repeat the test if clinical progress is ...
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Do not recommend routinely offering a glucocorticoid to patients with community‑acquired pneumonia unless they have other conditions for which glucocorticoid treatment is indicated.
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Do recommend putting in place processes to allow diagnosis (including X‑rays) and treatment of community‑acquired pneumonia within 4 hours of presentation to hospital.
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