Disease Management Clinical Decisions - Community-acquired pneumonia
Disease Management Clinical Decisions - Community-acquired pneumonia is organized by Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.
Release date: December 1, 2021
Expiration date: December 1, 2024
Description:
Each lesson in the Disease Management Clinical Decisions series provides a brief, case-based review of management strategies related to the topic. Questions and multiple-choice answers about the case presented include the rationale for the correct answer. Throughout this case-based lesson, you may proceed to the next question once you answer the question correctly.
Learning Objectives
After completing this case the reader should be able to:
• Describe the risk factors and the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
• List the most common causes of CAP and describe how they have changed over time.
• Summarize the advantage of clinical prediction rules and use them to appropriately triage patients with CAP.
• Describe the recommendations for diagnostic testing in patients with CAP.
• Provide guideline-based treatment for patients with CAP and describe the supporting evidence.
Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.