Community Acquired Pneumonia | Bacterial vs Viral, Diagnosis, and Choosing Antibiotics for Treatment

One of the most common inpatient and outpatient diagnoses is community acquired pneumonia (CAP). Especially in the elderly, CAP can have serious repercussions including hospitalization. In this video we discuss the pathogenesis of CAP, the diagnostic workup, and treatment. In the treatment section we pay extra attention on antibiotic regimens and when to treat inpatient vs. outpatient. This video is intended to be at the level of 4th year medical student and internal medicine resident. Twitter/X: https://x.com/T_Fus/ #pneumonia #infection #antibiotics #cap 00:00 Intro 00:30 Types of Pneumonia 01:44 Epidemiology 02:28 Pathophysiology 04:15 Typical vs Atypical Bacteria 05:10 MRSA and Pseudomonas 07:00 Viral 08:53 Fungal 09:45 Clinical Evaluation 12:06 Laboratory Evaluation 14:32 Imaging 16:28 Determining the Etiology 19:32 Inpatient vs Outpatient 21:08 Treatment 24:35 Steroids 26:25 Outro References: Harrison's Internal Medicine, 21st Ed. https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/... UptoDate https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... https://www.cdc.gov/flu/whats-new/flu... https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/... https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056...