Hospital-acquired pneumonia (non COVID-19)

Patients are likely to improve with adequate pulmonary expansion by ambulating or by using an incentive spirometer. Movement expands atelectasis and mobilises secretions.

Advise patients to report any diarrhoea in case Clostridium difficile colitis is present.

At discharge or at follow-up, offer patients access to information about pneumonia, such as a patient information leaflet.[34]Lim WS, Baudouin SV, George RC, et al; Pneumonia Guidelines Committee of the BTS Standards of Care Committee. British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009. Thorax. 2009 Oct;64(suppl 3):iii1-iii55. https://www.doi.org/10.1136/thx.2009.121434 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19783532?tool=bestpractice.com