Hospital-acquired pneumonia differential diagnosis
Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. ; Philip Marcus, M.D., M.P.H.; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alejandro Lemor, M.D. [1]
Overview
Hospital-acquired pneumonia must be differentiated from other conditions that cause fever, cough, chest pain, tachycardia, and leukocytosis in hospitalized patients, such as atelectasis, congestive heart failure, pulmonary embolism, aspiration pneumonitis, among others. [1][2]
Differentiating Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia from other Diseases
- Atelectasis
- Congestive heart failure
- Pulmonary embolism
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Aspiration pneumonitis
- Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia
- Drug reaction
- Infiltrative tumor
- Lung contusion
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hemorrhage
- Radiation pneumonitis
References
- ↑ Koenig SM, Truwit JD (2006). “Ventilator-associated pneumonia: diagnosis, treatment, and prevention”. Clin Microbiol Rev. 19 (4): 637–57. doi:10.1128/CMR.00051-05. PMC 1592694. PMID 17041138.
- ↑ “Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired, Ventilator-associated, and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia”. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 171 (4): 388–416. 2005. doi:10.1164/rccm.200405-644ST. ISSN 1073-449X.
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