The Approach To Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Survey StudyBerna Akıncı Özyürek1, Arzu Ertürk2, Yusuf Aydemir3, Nazan Şen4, Dursun Alizoroğlu5, Mustafa Hikmet Özhan6
1Ataturk Chest Diseases And Chest Surgery Education And Research Hospital, Chest Diseases Clinic/ Ankara,Turkey
2Ahi Evran University Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Pulmonary Diseases / Kırşehir,Turkey
3Sakarya University Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Pulmonary Disease/sakarya,Turkey
4Başkent University Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Pulmonary Disease/Adana,Turkey
5Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases And Chest Surgery Education And Research Hospital, Chest Diseases Clinic/İzmir,Turkey
6Ege University Faculty Of Medicine, Department Of Pulmonary Disease/İzmir,Turkey
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), which is often seen in daily practice, is a lower respiratory tract and pulmonary parenchyma infection which develops in society and daily life with community-acquired pathogens in individuals with no known immune failure. Delay in the treatment of pneumonia is known to increase morbidity and mortality. Various scoring systems are currently used in the identification of treatment groups in pneumonia. With the aim of evaluating the approach to CAP cases, the Infection Working Group of the Turkish Respiratory Research Association (TUSAD) prepared a 22-item questionnaire, which was published on the TUSAD official website between July 2013 and June 2016. A total of 78 individuals responded to the questionnaire on the website. The responses to the questionnaire could indicate the way forward for new guidelines for physicians in respect of the approach to CAP. Keywords: Pneumonia, survey, compliance with guidelines
Berna Akıncı Özyürek, Arzu Ertürk, Yusuf Aydemir, Nazan Şen, Dursun Alizoroğlu, Mustafa Hikmet Özhan. The Approach To Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Survey Study. Eurasian J Pulmonol. 2018; 20(2): 93-98
Corresponding Author: Berna Akıncı Özyürek, Türkiye |
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