Community Acquired Pneumonia | Bacterial vs Viral, Diagnosis, and Choosing Antibiotics for Treatment

One of the most common inpatient and outpatient diagnoses is community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Especially in the elderly, CAP can have serious repercussions including hospitalization. In this video we discuss the pathogenesis of CAP, the diagnostic workup, and treatment. In the treatment section we pay extra attention on antibiotic regimens and when to treat inpatient vs. outpatient.

This video is intended to be at the level of 4th year medical student and internal medicine resident.

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#pneumonia #infection #antibiotics #cap

00:00 Intro
00:30 Types of Pneumonia
01:44 Epidemiology
02:28 Pathophysiology
04:15 Typical vs Atypical Bacteria
05:10 MRSA and Pseudomonas
07:00 Viral
08:53 Fungal
09:45 Clinical Evaluation
12:06 Laboratory Evaluation
14:32 Imaging
16:28 Determining the Etiology
19:32 Inpatient vs Outpatient
21:08 Treatment
24:35 Steroids
26:25 Outro

References:
Harrison's Internal Medicine, 21st Ed.
https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/...
UptoDate
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/whats-new/flu...
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/...
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...