Pneumonia — an infection of one or both of your lungs — can leave you coughing, feverish and feeling miserable. And sometimes, it can land you in the hospital struggling to breathe. While the rate of ...

Pneumonia is the most frequent cause of nonobstetric infection in the pregnant patient. Although infrequently seen in this setting, pneumonia constitutes a serious complication of pregnancy, and is ...

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), which includes both nonventilator-associated pneumonia (NVHAP) and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), is one of the most common health care-associated infections ...

A new study suggests patients hospitalized with pneumonia may be at serious risk of new or worsening heart problems. Researchers studied the records of all 170 patients hospitalized with pneumococcal ...

In light of recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that pneumonia is now the most common healthcare-associated infection, the Association for Professionals in ...

A seven-year study of 470 patients revealed that a severe fungal lung infection once mainly seen in specific high-risk groups ...

Patients were misdiagnosed with pneumonia at an alarming rate when they were readmitted to the hospital shortly after a previous hospitalization for the same illness, according to two new studies.

A million times a year, pneumonia sends American adults to the hospital. And while antibiotics help save lives, a new study shows two-thirds receive more antibiotics than they probably need. It's not ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pneumonia incidence was high in patients with HF and especially high in those with HF with preserved ejection ...

Review of the literature shows a widely varying incidence of pneumonia in the pregnant population, reflecting both the population studied and the era in which the survey was conducted. Hopwood, ...