This guideline covers specific aspects of respiratory support (for example, oxygen supplementation,
assisted ventilation, treatment of some respiratory disorders, and aspects of monitoring) for
preterm babies in hospital....
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...
Las guías pediátricas del Hospital San Borja Arriarán corresponden al permanente esfuerzo de fortalecer la red asistencial y docente en la atención del niño sano y enfermo, tanto en nuestro Hospital Clínico como en la atención ambulatoria del Servicio de Salud Metropolitano Central y las regiones...
Community-acquired pneumonia is diagnosed by clinical features (e.g., cough, fever, pleuritic chest pain) and by lung
imaging, usually an infiltrate seen on chest radiography. Initial evaluation should determine the need for hospitalization versus outpatient management using validated mortality or severi...
Pneumonia/diagnóstico por imagem,
Pneumonia/terapia,
Doenças Respiratórias/diagnóstico,
Assistência Ambulatorial/organização & administração,
Hemocultura/instrumentação,
Macrolídeos/uso terapêutico,
Doxiciclina/uso terapêutico,
Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico,
Fluoroquinolonas/uso terapêutico,
Unidades de Terapia Intensiva,
Pneumonia Associada a Assistência à Saúde/prevenção & controle
Esta Guía tiene como propósito contribuir a la disminución de la prevalencia nacional de personas que fuman, al facilitar al equipo de salud, las herramientas necesarias para intervenir en la recuperación de la dependencia del tabaco. El objetivo general es proveer al equipo de salud, recomendaciones...
Microbial pollution is a key element of indoor air pollution. It is caused by hundreds of species of bacteria and fungi, in particular filamentous fungi (mould), growing indoors when sufficient moisture is available. This document provides a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence on health probl...
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...
“Self-care is the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, and maintain health and to cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a healthcare provider” Current epidemiological evidence indicates four non-communicable diseases (NCDs) mak...
