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Pneumonia

FOAMEd Wiki - pneumonia, last updated 4/12/25

Diagnosis and Treatment	Source	Year
2019 IDSA/ATS Guidelines on CAP	JournalFeed $	2019
CAP: Macrolide Resistance Update	REBEL EM	2019
CAP: Treatment Updates	Core EM	2019
Disposition of CAP Patients	emDocs	2018
Empiric Anti-MRSA Therapy in Pneumonia	JournalFeed $	2020
IDSA Guidelines on HAP/VAP (2016)	PulmCCM	2016
MRSA Screening in Pneumonia	CriticalCareNow	2021
Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia (PJP)	EMCrit	2020
Steroids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia	First10EM	2021
VAP: Double Pseudomonas Coverage	PubMed	2008

Scoring Tools	Source	Year
DRIP Score: Drug Resistance in Pneumonia	MDCalc

Procalcitonin	Source	Year
Procalcitonin in the ED: The Evidence	First10EM	2022
Procalcitonin Utility in Acute Respiratory Infections	Core EM	2018
Can Procalcitonin Distinguish Bacterial from Viral Pneumonia?	JournalFeed $	2019
Disutility of Procalcitonin in Lower Respiratory Tract Infections	REBEL EM	2018

Adjunctive therapy	Source	Year
Corticosteroids for Treating Pneumonia	TheNNT
CAPE COD Trial: Hydrocortisone in Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia	EMCrit	2023
Vitamin C, Thiamine, and Steroids in Severe Pneumonia	EMCrit	2017

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