The concept of healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) gained widespread acceptance in 2005 after it was endorsed by an American Thoracic Society (ATS)/Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA ...

2012年4月23日 · [A case of] HCAP is defined as a patient who has had recent hospitalization or exposure to broad-spectrum antibiotics, was admitted from a nursing home, is immunosuppressed, or is on chronic ...

2009年4月7日 · What do healthcare-related pneumonia and ventilator-related pneumonia have in common?

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We defined HCAP as present if any one of the following criteria were met: nursing home, long term acute care facility, or skilled nursing facility (NH/LTC/SNF) exposure within the last 90 days ...

The concept of HCAP, though, may not perform well as a screening test for MRSA and can lead to overuse of antibiotics. We developed a risk score to identify patients presenting to the hospital ...