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1 Pneumonia diagnosis Student's Name Course Title Instructor Date of Submission

2 Pneumonia Diagnosis and Pathophysiology An article by Zambare and Thalkari gives an overview of pneumonia pathophysiology. According to Zambare and Thalkari (2019), lung infections, or pneumonia, can be caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Air sacs (alveoli) in the lungs are irritated and filled with pus and fluid due to the infection. It can restrict oxygen flow from your lungs to the rest of your body. Pneumonia symptoms include cough, chills, fever, and difficulty breathing, ranging from moderate to severe (Zambare and Thalkari (2019). The severity of a case of pneumonia is based on several factors, including the health and age of the patient and the type of bacteria or virus responsible for the infection. Patients suffering from pneumonia must get medical help as soon as possible to reduce the likelihood of complications and health hazards. The high mortality and morbidity rates associated with pneumonia can be reduced with prompt and appropriate treatment. Another article review by Robinson et al. (2022) highlights pneumonia diagnosis and management in adults in 2020. The article summarizes the current guidelines for diagnosing and managing pneumonia in adults, which include microbial testing. For microbial tests, patients with mild to moderate or very high-severity pneumonia take blood and sputum cultures and consider legionella and pneumococcal urinary antigen tests. Also, the hospital should consider establishing a process to ensure diagnosis (such as x-rays) and treatment of pneumonia within 4 hours of presentation at the facility, among other clinical criteria (Robinson et al., 2022). It also clearly discusses the importance of considering patient factors, for example, comorbidities and other risk factors for antibiotic resistance, whenever treatment decisions are required. Some of the clinical processes required may be testing pneumonia, determining its symptoms, or even how it can be treated and its stages. Adults' pneumonia should be determined, and more

3 information should be given to them to educate them on ways they ought to follow to recover fully. References Robinson K. A, Pavia A. T. (2022). Pneumonia Diagnosis and Management in Adults: NICE Guideline, No. 191. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK552669/ Zambare, K. K., & Thalkari, A. B. (2019). Overview on Pathophysiology of Pneumonia. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research , 9 (3), 177-180. Doi: 10.5958/2231- 5691.2019.00028.5

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