Recurrent pneumonia I. What every physician needs to know. Recurrent pneumonia is defined as two or more episodes of nontuberculous pulmonary infection separated by at least a one-month asymptomatic interval, complete radiographic clearing of the infiltrate, or both. Recurrent pneumonia most commonly occurs in patients with underlying lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…
I. Problem/Challenge. Important complications of care in the intensive care unit (ICU) consist of infections including ventilator-associated pneumonia, catheter-associated bloodstream infections and urinary tract infections; venous thromboembolism, delirium, myopathies and neuropathies related to critical illness and stress ulcers. Increasing attention is being given to long-term complications present in survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)…
