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Community-dwelling outpatient, or inpatient if diagnosis within 48 hours of admission
CAP
(Community acquired pneumonia)
Community-dwelling patient ADMITTED with risk factors for multi-drug resistant pathogens
HCAP
(Healthcare-associated pneumonia)
>/=48 hours after hospital admission (not incubating before admission)
HAP
(Hospital-acquired pneumonia)
48-72 hours after endotracheal intubation
VAP
(Ventilator-associated pneumonia)
iRAT question: A patient who is diagnosed with pneumonia grows Moraxella catarrhalis on a sputum
culture. What type of pneumonia is the patient most likely to have?
a. CAP
b. HCAP
c. HAP
d. VAP
Community-acquired pneumonia
iRAT question: A patient is in the intensive care unit on mechanical ventilation is diagnosed with
pneumonia. Which pathogen is more likely to be the causative organism?
a. streptococcus pneumoniae
b. mycoplasma pneumoniae
c. haemophilius influenzae
d. psuedomonas aeruginosa
psuedomonas aeruginosa
iRAT question: GT is a 52 year old female patient who presents to the ER for a drug overdose for
which she is intubated. Four days later, she develops fever, leukocytosis, and a new infiltrate on chest
X-ray. What type of pneumonia does GT have?
a. CAP
b. HCAP
c. HAP
d. VAP
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
iRAT question: (True/False) The CURB 65 score can be used to assess a patients risk of death from
community acquired pneumonia
True
iRAT question: Which of the following is TRUE about cultured for patients with pneumonia?