Hospital-acquired pneumoniaFrom our partner site on asthma, MyAsthmaCentral.com.
Hospital-acquired pneumonia is an infection of the lungs contracted during a hospital stay. Alternative Names: Nosocomial pneumonia Causes, incidence, and risk factors: advertisement Pneumonia is a very common illness. It is caused by many different germs and can range in seriousness from mild to life-threatening. Hospital-acquired pneumonia tends to be more serious, because a patient's defense mechanisms against infection are often impaired during a hospital stay. In addition, the types of germs present in a hospital are frequently more dangerous than those encountered in the community. Risk factors for hospital-acquired pneumonia include alcoholism, older age, immunosuppression from medications or disease, recent illness, and aspiration (inhaling material into the lungs).
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