Community Acquired Pneumonia

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• What were doing to help prevent or lessen the
  illness

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Community Acquired Pneumonia simply means you
  came to the hospital with pneumonia (which is a
  lung disease that can be caused by a variety of
  viruses, bacteria and sometimes fungi).
• According to the National Institutes of Health
  at any given time, the noses and throats of up
  to 70 of healthy people contain pneumococcus
  (the most common cause of bacterial pneumonia).
  Researchers dont know what causes it to
  suddenly invade the lungs.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Across the country, there are 2-3 million cases
  of pneumonia annually.
• People at risk of getting pneumonia include the
  elderly, the very young and those with chronic
  health problems, such as diabetes, congestive
  heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary
  disease (COPD) and those with diseases that
  impair the immune system.
• Pneumonia is the 6th leading cause of death in
  the U.S. Thats approximately 45,000 deaths per
  year, and 90 of the deaths occur in persons over
  65 years of age.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Midland Memorial Hospital is using several
  strategies to prevent this illness, or, if you
  are admitted with pneumonia, to speed up your
  recovery from illness.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• The first prevention strategy is offering
  assistance to stop smoking. When you are admitted
  to the hospital, you will be asked if you have
  used tobacco (in any form) in the past 12 months.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• If the answer is yes free information on how
  to stop smoking and available resources in our
  community will be provided to you or your family
  members.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Another prevention strategy is offering
  immunization shots, such as the Influenza and
  Pneumococcal vaccines.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• The influenza vaccine (the flu shot) is offered
  during the flu season, which is October through
  March.
• Studies have shown the flu vaccine can be up to
  90 effective in preventing flu in healthy
  adults, but may be less effective in elderly or
  chronically ill persons.
• The good news is up to 80 of deaths from the flu
  could be prevented with a flu shot.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• The pneumococcal vaccine (the pneumonia shot)
  protects against 23 types of pneumococcal
  bacteria.
• Researchers know the vaccine is not 100
  effective in preventing pneumonia, but theyve
  found that if you are vaccinated you are less
  likely to die from pneumonia.

If you are between 19 and 64 years of age, you
may need to have the pneumonia shot if you have a
medical condition which puts you at a higher risk
of getting pneumonia.
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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Everyone age 65 or older should have one lifetime
  dose of the pneumonia shot.
• However, if you received the pneumonia shot
  before the age of 65, you need to wait at least 5
  years before you get the after 65 pneumonia
  shot.

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Strategies the Hospital is using to speed up your
  recovery include
• Giving your first dose of antibiotics within the
  first 6 hours of your hospitalization.

• (This is sometimes difficult, because other
  medical conditions may be masking the signs and
  symptoms of pneumonia and your doctor needs more
  time to make a definitive diagnosis.)

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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• Checking your oxygenation status within the first
  24 hours of your hospitalization.

This is done by either checking your oxygen
saturation rate with a device that clips on your
finger, or through a sample of blood taken from
your wrist.
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Community Acquired Pneumonia

• At MMH, we are facing the challenge of providing
  the highest quality care to our neighbors. To see
  how we are doing, see the Hospital Quality
  Initiatives on this website.

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