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Happy World Pneumonia Day: It's Preventable, Solvable but Still Kills More Kids than Anything Else by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Fri 11 Nov 2011 1:36pm A few years ago my then 3-year old started having trouble breathing during the night. Not just uncomfortable can't breath-through-stuffy-nose stuff. The real thing. What had been a simple cold just hours earlier turned into belabored, chest-heaving breaths that still haunt me. Ugh, those sucking, watery sounds. The diagnosis: Pneumonia. ... Read on »

Pneumonia by Cheri Fraker Posted Sat 27 Feb 2010 12:00am Hi All. I have been sick the entire month of February. Two weeks ago I was diagnosed with pneumonia. This has been quite an experience and one I do not wish to repeat ever again. Next week, I am off to a pulmonologist and when I recover, I will take the pneumonia vaccine and start focusing on improving my respiratory function. My chest CT ... Read on »

Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia by Paul L. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Tue 21 Oct 2008 12:51am Some patients go to the hospital because they have pneumonia. Other people go to the hospital for other reasons (e.g, stroke), are put on ventilators, and get pneumonia. We call this ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP. It is a big problem: It is common, with 10 to 20% of patients ventilated for two or more days; It is lethal, roughl ... Read on »

Peds Pneumonia VS. Adult Pneumonia by Respiratory Therapist Patient Expert

Posted Sat 28 Mar 2009 3:05pm

1 Comment We are not in a time of year where there seems to be a larger than usual amount of Pneumonia cases coming into my hospital. There are many different types of pneumonia out there but we mainly deal with only a couple of them. Some Different types are: Viral Bacterial Fungal Parasitic Comunity Aquired ... Read on »

Pneumonia by Healthy Solutions Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Aug 2010 6:47am BBC News , Health Dr Trisha Macnair Pneumonia means inflammation of the lungs and is usually caused by an infection. It’s a very common condition, especially among the elderly and those with serious underlying illnesses. What is pneumonia? Pneumonia causes inflammation of one or both lungs in the chest, usually due to infection ... Read on »

Vitamin C Recovery From Viral Pneumonia in New Zealand Farmer by Jeffrey Dach MD Medical Doctor

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Door to Antibiotics Time in Pneumonia: Lessons from a Flawed Quality Measure by Dr. Robert W. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 30 Oct 2008 12:11pm In today’s Annals of Internal Medicine, my colleagues and I describe the saga of the four-hour measure of door-to-antibiotics time for pneumonia – the first truly dangerous measure in the era of public quality reporting. It is an important cautionary tale. As I’ve discussed previously, the biggest surprise of the last decade in the quality f ... Read on »

Grateful for No Pneumonia: Be a Child's Shot at Life by Dr. Polly Doctor of Philosophy

Posted Sat 09 Feb 2013 12:00pm All three of my kids had the flu and strep throat in the last 6 weeks. It felt like we were back in preschool. Other than missing Christmas, New Year's, a few birthdays and collectively a couple weeks of school it was all so minor. No one contracted pneumonia. No one got dehydrated and passed out. No one had to be rushed to the ER or hooked up ... Read on »

Brian & Jenny visit; Trip to Houston: Genetics; and ANOTHER pneumonia by Kodi Wilson Facebook

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Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:59pm Braden had the pleasure of hosting his godparents two weeks ago, uncle Brian and aunt Jenny. Aunt Jenny read him bedtime stories and napped with him while she got her rest growing us a cousin for Braden. One of the neatest moments of their time her, was that when Jenny was holding Braden, his little cousin was kicking him and somewha ... Read on »

Aging, obsolete cells prime the lungs for pneumonia by Karen Bastille Health Maven

Posted Tue 31 May 2011 10:08pm HSC News Community-acquired pneumonia is the leading cause of infectious death among the elderly. Newly published research from The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio suggests why older people are vulnerable and offers a possible defense. The researchers found that when it comes to aging and pneum ... Read on »