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1pneumonia — /noo mohn yeuh, moh nee euh, nyoo /, n. Pathol. 1. inflammation of the lungs with congestion. 2. Also called lobar pneumonia. an acute disease of the lungs, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae and characterized by fever, a cough with …
2Pneumonia severity index — The pneumonia severity index [PSI] or PORT Score is a clinical prediction rule that medical practitioners can use to calculate the probability of morbidity and mortality among patients with community acquired pneumonia.Fine MJ, Auble TE, Yealy DM …
3Pneumonia — For other uses, see Pneumonia (disambiguation). Pneumonia Classification and external resources A chest X ray showing a very prominent wedge shaped bacterial pneumonia in the right lung …
4pneumonia — Inflammation of the lung parenchyma characterized by consolidation of the affected part, the alveolar air spaces being filled with exudate, inflammatory cells, and fibrin. Most cases are due to infection by bacteria or viruses, a few to …
5pneumonia — n. inflammation of the lung caused by bacteria, in which the air sacs (alveoli) become filled with inflammatory cells and the lung becomes solid (see consolidation). The symptoms include those of any infection (fever, malaise, headaches, etc.),… …
6Healthcare-associated pneumonia — In medicine, healthcare associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a novel category of pneumonia in patients with recent close contact with the health care system.HCAP is a condition in patients who are not hospitalised (similar to community acquired… …
7Classification of pneumonia — Pneumonia can be classified in several ways, most commonly by where it was acquired (hospital verses community), but may also by the area of lung affected or by the causative organism.[1] There is also a combined clinical classification, which… …
8coccidioidal pneumonia — pneumonia following primary coccidioidomycosis; it varies from a slowly developing disease with chronic cough, chest pain, hemoptysis, and fever to a more rapidly spreading acute condition that is usually seen in immunocompromised patients and is …
9fungal pneumonia — pneumonia caused by inhaled fungi, usually Histoplasma capsulatum, Blastomyces dermatitidis, or Coccidioides species; in Central and South America it may be caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. Numerous other fungi, such as Aspergillus and… …
10Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia — Not to be confused with Bronchiolitis obliterans. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia Classification and external resources Micrograph showing a Masson body (off center left/bottom of the image pale circular and paucicellular), as may… …
