BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 17: An elderly patient lies in a bed at the Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB) hospital in Marzahn district on June 17, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The UKB hospital has among the most ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), which includes both nonventilator-associated pneumonia (NVHAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), is one of the most common health care-associated infections ...

In light of recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that pneumonia is now the most common healthcare-associated infection, the Association for Professionals in ...

A million times a year, pneumonia sends American adults to the hospital. And while antibiotics help save lives, a new study shows two-thirds receive more antibiotics than they probably need. It's not ...

Patients were misdiagnosed with pneumonia at an alarming rate when they were readmitted to the hospital shortly after a previous hospitalization for the same illness, according to two new studies.

Adult patients with CAP in a low-resource setting who were treated with adjunctive low-dose glucocorticoids had a lower risk of death.

The more physical and occupational therapy visits pneumonia patients receive while hospitalized, the lower the risk of readmission or death, study finds. Physical and occupational therapy for ...

Pneumonia is one of the deadliest menace that India has to face every year. It is estimated that 50% of the world's pneumonia deaths occur in India. This means that approximately 3.7 lakh children in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two thirds of hospitalized pneumonia patients receive longer durations of antibiotic therapy than necessary, ...

With a cannula in her right hand, three-and-half-year-old Madeya Momtaz was receiving treatment while lying on a bed in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital.