Clinical Management of Bacterial Pneumonia

• Main Authors: Torres, Antoni (Author), Cillóniz, Catia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Infectious Diseases.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.

This concise, clinically focused handbook offers a complete overview of bacterial pneumonia and reviews the latest guidelines, treatment options, clinical trials, and management of this disease. The easily accessible text offers infectious disease specialists and other health care workers with an ex...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to pneumonia
• Epidemiology, etiology, and risk factors of bacterial pneumonia
• Pathology and clinical features of pneumonia.- Diagnosis and classification of pneumonia
• Methods for preventing pneumonia
• Management of pneumonia.