Question

Discuss pre presentation and post presentation phenomonia​

Answer 1

Answer:Pneumonia is defined as a lower respiratory tract infection with accompanying consolidation visible on chest x-ray. There are four main types of pneumonia:

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP)

Aspiration pneumonia

Immunocompromised pneumonia

In the post-operative setting, hospital-acquired pneumonia is the predominating type. HAP is a pneumonia that has onset >48hrs since hospital admission and was not present on admission.

Whilst incidence varies across countries, they remain a major burden on healthcare services.

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