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community acquired pneumonia

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:

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community acquired pneumonia

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    1. Community Acquired Pneumonia What we’re doing to help prevent or lessen the illness

    3. 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. That’s approximately 45,000 deaths per year, and 90% of the deaths occur in persons over 65 years of age.

    4. 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.

    5. 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.

    6. 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.

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

    8. 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.

    9. 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 they’ve found that if you are vaccinated you are less likely to die from pneumonia.

    10. 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.

    11. 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.

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

    13. 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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