Open AccessCLINICAL AND CHEST X-RAY FEATURES OF PNEUMONIA IN INJECTING-DRUG USERS
Author(s) -
Tetiana Butova,
Dmytro Butov,
O. S. Martynchyk,
O. S. Sinichenko,
L. Martymianova
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the journal of v.n. karazin kharkiv national university. series "medicine"/the journal of v.n. karazin kharkiv national university. series "medicine"
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-6693
pISSN - 2313-2396
DOI - 10.26565/2313-6693-2018-35-15
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , pulmonology , ambulatory , intensive care medicine , community acquired pneumonia , differential diagnosis , drug , lung disease , lung , pathology , psychiatry
On an example of a clinical case in a patient with drug addiction, the reviewed clinical and chest X-ray features of community-acquired pneumonia, the diagnostic algorithms and the differential diagnostics are based on the recommendations of the Ukrainian Association of Pulmonology. The treatment strategy of the patient in the conditions of an ambulatory are described. Community-Acquired pneumonia acquired by intravenous drug use is characterized by a severe course, febrile body temperature, severe specific lung disease. On the example of this clinical case, the importance of express diagnostics of pneumonia at the ambulatory stage wasconfirmed to determine the correct tactics of patient management.