Abstract

FUENTES CRUZ, Mario Alberto et al. Community - Acquired Pneumonias. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.2, pp.202-213. ISSN 0864-2125.

Background: community-Acquired Pneumonias are an important health problem in the world and our country is not exempted from them. There is a high morbidity and mortality from this cause, being pneumonias the fourth cause of death in Cuba. Objective: to deepen in the knowledge of Community-Acquired Pneumonias to contribute to improve the quality of the attention of these patients in Primary Health Care. Development: we made emphasis on the aspects related to the concept, pathogenesis, diagnosis, evolution and prognosis including the correct evaluation of the patient, the management of the disease and the current recommended treatment in accordance with our possibilities and the habitual praxis in our environment. Finally, we also made emphasis on the criteria for referral to other health care level, after the correct follow-up of the infectious process in the community. Conclusions: community-Acquired Pneumonias constitute a common and frequent health problem which should be properly faced from the Primary Health Care by the medical staff. The aid of practical guidelines and prognostic scales contributes to improving the quality in the attention of these patients, from the family doctor's offices to the patient who is admitted to home or hospital.

Keywords : community-Acquired Pneumonia; Extra-hospital Pneumonia; Community Pneumonias; Pneumonia; infectious disease.

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