Esta guía de práctica clínica provee recomendaciones informadas en la evidencia para el control de la infección, recolección de muestras, cuidado de soporte, tratamiento farmacológico y prevención de complicaciones.
Las recomendaciones están dirigidas a todo el personal de salud que atiende a los...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                This guideline provides recommendations for the management of suspected and confirmed community- and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adults. However, it does not provide recommendations on areas of care where best practice is already established, such as diagnosis using chest X-ray. This guideline does no...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century, reached all parts of the world within a year, causing epidemics of varying magnitude. During the pandemic period, the World Health Organization (WHO) received reports of over 18 000 laboratory-confirmed deaths due to infection with t...                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                            
                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Torres, Antoni; 
Niederman, Michael S; 
Chastre, Jean; 
Ewig, Santiago; 
Fernandez-Vandellos, Patricia; 
Hanberger, Hakan; 
Kollef, Marin; 
Bassi, Gianluigi Li; 
Luna, Carlos M; 
Martin-Loeches, Ignacio; 
Paiva, J. Artur; 
Read, Robert C; 
Rigau, David; 
Timsit, Jean François; 
Welte, Tobias; 
Wunderink, Richard.                                            
 
                                        
                                                                                    
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                Nosocomial pneumonia is a frequent infection that is classified into two groups [1]: HAP, which develops
in hospitalised patients after 48 h of admission, and does not require (but may include) artificial
ventilation at the time of diagnosis [2, 3]; and VAP, which occurs in intensive care unit (ICU) pati...