The most common type of pneumonia found in post operative patients is what's called hypostatic pneumonia. Most often this occurs in patients who have had abdominal or thoracic surgery but could happen with any major surgery. They fail to breath deep causing the farthest reaches of the lungs to be underventilated and eventually collapse. It is not caused by viruses or any of the "usual suspects", it is purely mechanical. This happens because the patint is in pain and does not take deep breaths and cough. This is understandable, but with painkillers and coaching it's not that bad.Nurses should remind patients to deep breaths at least every two hours or that person could be suceptible to this kind of pneumonia. In conjunction with nurses, Respiratory Therapists help those patients with a history of lung disease, and therefore much more likely to develop pneumonia,to cough, deep breath, use nebulized medication and sometimes assisted coughing techniques or drainage by gravity by posturing the patient in the most advantageous positions to accomplish this.
Post-Operative patients usually develop pneumonia because they are affraid to take deep breaths, either because of the pain or because they are affraid to pop the stitches out of their incisions. Laying down in bed constantly can also help lead to pneumonia.
Pneumonia is also one of the most frequent infectious complications of all types of surgery
possibly it causes pneumonia, so you could say it causes pneumonia. pneumococcus
No. Certain bacteria causes pneumonia.
Multifocal pneumonia means that there are patches of pneumonia throughout your lungs as opposed to lobar pneumonia which is contained in one spot.
pneumonia
Yes
E. coli
Pneumonia
It's the gram-positive bacteria that causes pneumonia as well as ear infections.
a bacteria. the bacteria that causes pneumonia is called pneumoniae.
Pneumocystis jirovecii causes pneumonia in people with AIDS. This pathogen was formerly known as Pneumocystic carinii.
Pneumonia can result from a variety of causes, including infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.