How do you decide whether to empirically cover Pseudomonas for pneumonia in hospitalized patients?
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Hospital Medicine · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
The decision to empirically cover Pseudomonas aeruginosa in pneumonia among hospitalized patients depends on the pneumonia type (community-acquired pneumonia, CAP vs. hospital-acquired pneumonia, HAP), disease severity, etiology, and specific risk factors.
- For Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)
- Pa...