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Title: Community Acquired Pneumonia


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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • What were doing to help prevent or lessen the
    illness

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Community Acquired Pneumonia simply means you
    came to the hospital with pneumonia (which is a
    lung disease that can be caused by a variety of
    viruses, bacteria and sometimes fungi).
  • According to the National Institutes of Health
    at any given time, the noses and throats of up
    to 70 of healthy people contain pneumococcus
    (the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia).
    Researchers dont know what causes it to
    suddenly invade the lungs.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Across the country, there are 2-3 million cases
    of pneumonia annually.
  • People at risk of getting pneumonia include the
    elderly, the very young and those with chronic
    health problems, such as diabetes, congestive
    heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary
    disease (COPD) and those with diseases that
    impair the immune system.
  • Pneumonia is the 6th leading cause of death in
    the U.S. Thats approximately 45,000 deaths per
    year, and 90 of the deaths occur in persons over
    65 years of age.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Midland Memorial Hospital is using several
    strategies to prevent this illness, or, if you
    are admitted with pneumonia, to speed up your
    recovery from illness.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • The first prevention strategy is offering
    assistance to stop smoking. When you are admitted
    to the hospital, you will be asked if you have
    used tobacco (in any form) in the past 12 months.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • If the answer is yes free information on how
    to stop smoking and available resources in our
    community will be provided to you or your family
    members.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Another prevention strategy is offering
    immunization shots, such as the Influenza and
    Pneumococcal vaccines.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • The influenza vaccine (the flu shot) is offered
    during the flu season, which is October through
    March.
  • Studies have shown the flu vaccine can be up to
    90 effective in preventing flu in healthy
    adults, but may be less effective in elderly or
    chronically ill persons.
  • The good news is up to 80 of deaths from the flu
    could be prevented with a flu shot.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • The pneumococcal vaccine (the pneumonia shot)
    protects against 23 types of pneumococcal
    bacteria.
  • Researchers know the vaccine is not 100
    effective in preventing pneumonia, but theyve
    found that if you are vaccinated you are less
    likely to die from pneumonia.

If you are between 19 and 64 years of age, you
may need to have the pneumonia shot if you have a
medical condition which puts you at a higher risk
of getting pneumonia.
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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Everyone age 65 or older should have one lifetime
    dose of the pneumonia shot.
  • However, if you received the pneumonia shot
    before the age of 65, you need to wait at least 5
    years before you get the after 65 pneumonia
    shot.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Strategies the Hospital is using to speed up your
    recovery include
  • Giving your first dose of antibiotics within the
    first 6 hours of your hospitalization.
  • (This is sometimes difficult, because other
    medical conditions may be masking the signs and
    symptoms of pneumonia and your doctor needs more
    time to make a definitive diagnosis.)

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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • Checking your oxygenation status within the first
    24 hours of your hospitalization.

This is done by either checking your oxygen
saturation rate with a device that clips on your
finger, or through a sample of blood taken from
your wrist.
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Community Acquired Pneumonia
  • At MMH, we are facing the challenge of providing
    the highest quality care to our neighbors. To see
    how we are doing, see the Hospital Quality
    Initiatives on this website.

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