Guidelines for primary diagnosis and treatment of adult community-acquired pneumonia (2018)

Issued by: Chinese Medical Association

Post date: February 25, 2019

Brief introduction:

Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the highest morbidity and mortality diseases in the world. It is a common and frequently-occurring respiratory disease. The update of CAP primary-level diagnosis and treatment guidelines will be a dynamic process, which requires the linkage of different levels of medical institutions to carry out cap-related basic and clinical research, provide more reliable clinical evidence, and formulate best practice guidelines with Chinese characteristics and in line with China’s national conditions to guide primary-level CAP diagnosis and treatment.

Category: breathing