Antipsychotic Drug Use and Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Antipsychotic Drug Use and Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Antipsychotics are generally distinguished as atypical and typical agents, which are indicated in the treatment of acute and chronic psychoses and other psychiatric disorders. In April 2005, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning about the increased risk of all-cause mortality associated with atypical antipsychotic use in elderly patients with dementia. Pneumonia was one of the mo...

Community-acquired pneumonia.

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in all age groups, especially the elderly, which is a patient population that continues to grow. Recently the spectrum and clinical picture of pneumonia has been changing as a reflection of this aging population; this requires a reassessment of and a new approach to the patient with pneumonia. Currently, pneumo...

Community acquired pneumonia.

Flu Vaccine Risk Groups & Your Practice Page 3 Unsafe Behaviors and STDs Predict HIV Increase Page 4 Dengue Fever Page 5 Communicable Disease Summary Page 7 Hepatitis C: Acute vs. Chronic Infections Page 8 Visit the ADHS Web site at www.azdhs.gov Respiratory tract infections are a common cause of illness. Most of these infections are mild, self-limited and do not require professional medical ca...

Community-acquired pneumonia.

Community-acquired Pneumonia

• Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral cefpodoxime compared with parenteral ceftriaxone in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) requiring hospitalization. • Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, multicenter trial. • Patients and setting: Patients aged 18 years or older with acute signs and symptoms of CAP requiring hospitalization at 10 U.S. medical cen...