4 April, 2023 | Online

18:00-19:00 CET

There are no specific guidelines on severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), the most lethal form of CAP. These guidelines will be published next March in the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ) and Intensive Care Medicine.

Educational aims

• To learn on the evidence recommendations of several important clinical aspects of severe community-acquired pneumonia.
• To learn how to manage severe CAP to improve outcomes of patients

Topics

• Use of rapid molecular platforms for microbial diagnosis
• Use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation
• Best antibiotic empirical treatment (including antivirals)
• Frequency and importance of MDR/XDR microorganisms in severe CAP
• Aspiration pneumonia
• Use of corticosteroids

Learning outcomes

To improve the knowledge of how to manage severe CAP based on the evidence with the final aim of improving the outcomes of these patients.