Pneumonia - Memorial Healthcare

Information about Pneumonia Care

Pneumonia is caused by a viral or bacterial infection that fills your lungs with mucus. This lowers the oxygen level in your blood. Symptoms of pneumonia can include the following:

Difficulty breathing
"Wet" cough. Your mucus may look green or bloody.
Chest pain
Fever and chills
Fatigue

For more information about lung health, check the American Lung Association's website www.lungusa.org, or www.medlineplus.gov for health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

You should also be aware that flu shots reduce the risk of influenza, a serious and sometimes deadly lung infection that can spread quickly in a community. Hospitals should check to make sure that pneumonia patients get a flu shot during flu season to protect them from another lung infection and to help prevent the spread of influenza in the community.

Memorial Healthcare Performance

National performance statistics from Center for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)- reporting for Apr 2008 - Mar 2009 for all data except for Percent of Pneumonia Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccine which is reported from Oct 2008 - Mar 2009.

To view the CMS report, visit http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov