Achoo, achis, ATCHIN! Vaccine you…. Issue 3 (1st March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Froes, Filipe; Blasi, Francesco; Torres, Antoni
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 51:Issue 3(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-03-01
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02558-2017
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an important cause of morbidity, mortality and expenditure of health resources. Globally, lower respiratory tract infection, which includes CAP, was the fourth leading cause of death in 2015 [1]. In developed countries CAP is the leading cause of death by infectious disease [2], and in 2014 it was the eighth cause of death in the USA [3]. Take every opportunity to act on modifiable risk factors for CAP. ATCHIN! http://ow.ly/lscV30i00iU