cough is an explosive expiration that
provides a normal protective mechanism
for clearing the tracheobronchial tree of
secretions and foreign material.
Causes
He was diagnosed with
Pneumonia
Classification types
Primary or secondary
Acute or chronic
Pathology
Lobar
interstitial
Bronchopneumonia
Etiological cause
Clinical Setting
Clinical presentation
Risk factors
Old age
Asthma
Smoking
COPD
COLD
Alcohol
Immunosupression
Pathophysiology
Investigations
Physical Examinations
Chest X-ray
Laboratory tests
Blood tests
Pleural fluid culture
Sputum Tests
PCR
Urine Tests
Bronchoscopy
Prognosis
Most people improve after 3-5
days of antibiotic treatment
This mortality is only less than 3% in the outpatient setting, around
5–10% in inpatients not requiring ICU care, as high as 25% in intubated
patients, and nearly 50% in ICU patients requiring vasopressors, that’s in
a 10 year mortality