Pneumonia; an Obvious Example of Time and Cost Killer Condition, Identifiedas theMost Common Nosocomial Infections; a Review Article

Background: Golden times besides a great deal ofcosts spendsby governments each yearto treat patients who suffer from pneumonia as a result of nosocomial infections. Pneumonia which currently hasconsiderably more morbidity and mortality rates ofall nosocomial infections, is assumed to account for a mere fifteen percent of all hospital-acquired illnesses and is expressly responsible for almost half of all nursing home-associated illnesses. For years, researchers have tried to develop methods to prevent pneumonia because of its detrimental and profound effects on clients and secondly on theirfamilies economic, but only in the last decade have they been able to come across with possible methods to perform so. This study was conducted to evaluate large financial burden of pneumonia as the nosocomial infection on families economy. Methods: A focused review of the literature was performed using Medline, Pub Med (www.pubmed.gov), Science Direct and Google Scholar (www.scholar.google.com) with a broad range of combinations of various medical subject heading terms. Personal archives and reference lists of relevant articles were interrogated and discussions with colleagues came about to process as much as possible of the relevant literature. Results: Out of 69 retrieved article, only six research article contained all the keywords pneumonia , nosocomial , infection hospital-acquired and time and cost . No articles contained all the keywords. Conclusion: There was ample evidence for the way that many patients and their families tolerate heavy burden of cost due to pneumonia; as a hospital acquired condition.

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pneumonia ، nosocomialinfection ، hospital-acquired ، time and cost killer