title: Healthcare-associated pneumonia in the emergency department.
abstract: Emergency medicine clinicians frequently diagnose and treat patients with pneumonia. The recent recognition of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) mandates that emergency medicine clinicians remain current and able to distinguish this from community-acquired pneumonia. This article reviews the diagnosis and management of HCAP from the perspective of the emergency medicine clinician.
authors.affiliation: Section of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. eslave@lsuhsc.edu
authors.forename: Ellen M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Slaven
authors.forename: Jairo I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Santanilla
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: DeBlieux
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents