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American Thoracic Society DocumentsGuidelines for the Management of Adults withHospital-acquired, Ventilator-associated, andHealthcare-associated PneumoniaThis official statement of the American Thoracic Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America was approvedby the ATS Board of Directors, December2004and the IDSA Guideline Committee, October2004 CONTENTSE xecutive SummaryIntroductionMethodology Used to Prepare the GuidelineEpidemiologyIncidenceEtiologyMa jor Epidemiologic PointsPathogenesisMajor Points for PathogenesisModifiable Risk FactorsIntubation and Mechanical VentilationAspiration, Body Position, and Enteral FeedingModulation of Colonization: Oral Antiseptics and AntibioticsStress Bleeding Prophylaxis, Transfusion, and Glucose ControlMajor Points and Recommendations for ModifiableRisk FactorsDiagnostic TestingMajor Points and Recommendations for DiagnosisDiagnostic Strategies and ApproachesClinical StrategyBacteriologic StrategyRecomm
American Thoracic Society Documents 389 scopically or nonbronchoscopically, and can be cultured quantitatively or semiquantitatively. • Quantitative cultures increase specificity of the diagnosis
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