Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) (Nosocomial Pneumonia) is a type of pneumonia that develops 48 hours or more after hospital admission and is not present or incubating at the time of admission, It is a serious...
Hospital-acquired pneumonia is often serious because the bacteria causing it are more resistant to antibiotics and because the people who get it are already sick. Patients put on ventilators, often in intensive care units,...
Pneumonia is inflammation of the lower respiratory tract involving the lung‘s airways and supporting structures. Pneumonia can range in seriousness from mild to life-threatening.