Pneumonia: The urgent problem of 21st century medicine

Abstract

The paper analyzes the systematic reviews and meta-analyses on the strategic issues of pneumonia, which have been published in the past 3 years. It discusses the prevalence and mortality rates of acquired pneumonia, hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia, healthcare-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia, and Mycoplasma pneumonia, and the specific features of their etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. A large number of investigations emphasize the relevance of this problem in current clinical practice.

Keywords

• ventilator-associated pneumonia
• hospital-acquired (nosocomial) pneumonia
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• prevalence
• mortality
• diagnosis
• treatment