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ReviewCureus2023

Advancements in the Management of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Comprehensive Narrative Review.

Don Davis, Jainisha Thadhani, Vatsalya Choudhary, Reem Nausheem, Cristhian R Vallejo-Zambrano, Bushra Mohammad Arifuddin, Mujahaith Ali, Bryan J Carson, Fnu Kanwal, Lavanya Nagarajan

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Treatment of lung diseasesMaterials today. Bio · 2025
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  5. Towards a holistic approach to pulmonary infections. Insights from the Sixth Annual Meeting of Spanish Experts 2024.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2025
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  8. Respiratory pathogenic microbial infections: a narrative review.International journal of medical sciences · 2024
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  10. Omadacycline for the treatment of patients withFrontiers in microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Don DavisMedicine, Medical University of Varna, Varna, BGR.
Jainisha ThadhaniMedicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Medical University of Bahrain, Manama, BHR.
Vatsalya ChoudharyMedicine, Kasturba Medical College of Manipal, Manipal, IND.
Reem NausheemMedicine, Jilin Medical University, Jilin, CHN.
Cristhian R Vallejo-ZambranoGeneral Physician, Colegio de Médicos de Manabí, Manta, ECU.
Bushra Mohammad ArifuddinInternal Medicine, Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences and Teaching Center, Hyderabad, IND.
Mujahaith AliMedicine, Ternopil National Medical University, Ternopil, UKR.
Bryan J CarsonEmergency Medicine, Northern Health and Social Care Trust, Coleraine, GBR.
Fnu KanwalMedical College, Chandka Medical College, Larkana, PAK.
Lavanya NagarajanDepartment of Medicine, The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, IND.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumonia, classified as a lower respiratory tract illness, affects different parts of the bronchial system as well as alveoli and can present with varying severities depending on co-morbidities and causative pathogens. It can be broadly classified using the setting in which it was acquired, namely the community or hospital setting, the former being more common and spreading through person-to-person droplet transmission. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is currently the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, and its high mortality makes continual insight into the management of the condition worthwhile. This review explores the literature specifically for severe CAP (sCAP) and delves into the diagnosis, various modalities of treatment, and management of the condition. This condition can be defined as pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation in the ICU and/or presenting with sepsis and organ failure due to pneumonia. The disease process is characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma, initiated by a combination of pathogens and lowered local defenses. Acute diagnosis of the condition is vital in reducing negative patient outcomes, namely through clinical presentation, blood/sputum cultures, imaging modalities such as computed tomography scan, and inflammatory markers, identifying common causative pathogens such as

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antibiotics therapycommunity-aquired pneumoniaguideline directed medical therapynarrative reviewsevere community-acquired pneumonia

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PMID37954793
PMCPMC10638673

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