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- 5. Pneumonia is a lung infection that causes the air sacs in the lungs to fill with ____ or pus.
- 6. a thick mucus or fluid produced in the lungs and airways that is coughed up; also known as phlegm
- 8. What is one of the most important factors in your risk for contracting pneumonia?
- 9. One serious complication of pneumonia is ___, a condition in which there is uncontrolled inflammation in the body, which may lead to widespread organ failure.
- 11. What is the most common cause of viral pneumonia in young children?
- 12. One type of severe atypical pneumonia is notably for not being transmitted person-to-person but rather by exposure to contaminated water sources. This form of pneumonia is commonly referred to as ____ disease because it was first identified after an outbreak at an American Legion conference in 1976 in Philadelphia.
- 14. People who are on ___, often used in intensive care units, are at higher risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
- 19. The most common type of bacterial pneumonia is called ____ pneumonia.
- 21. What is a painless, noninvasive procedure that measures the amount of oxygen in your blood? (Hint: It's often called the "fifth vital sign.")
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- 1. COVID-19 pneumonia can be severe, causing low levels of oxygen in the blood and lead to respiratory failure and in many cases a condition that goes by the acronym ___.
- 2. Those at greatest risk for bacterial pneumonia include people recovering from surgery, people with respiratory disease or viral infection and people who have weakened ___ ___.
- 3. the medical term for the lung's air sacs
- 4. ____ pneumonia occurs when you inhale food, drink, vomit or saliva into your lungs. This type of pneumonia is more likely if something disturbs your normal gag reflex, such as a brain injury or swallowing problem, or excessive use of alcohol or drugs.
- 7. One type of atypical pneumonia is caused by mycoplasma pneumoniae and is often mild enough to go undetected and is sometimes referred to as ___ pneumonia.
- 10. What is the main lifestyle factor that increases your risk of pneumonia?
- 13. Hospital-acquired pneumonia can be serious because the bacteria causing it may be more resistant to ____ and because the people who get it are already sick.
- 15. Bacterial pneumonia often affects just one part, or lobe, of a lung. When this happens, the condition is called ___ pneumonia.
- 16. Pneumonia is mostly spread when people infected cough, sneeze or talk, sending respiratory ___ into the air.
- 17. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and the ___ virus are the most common cause of viral pneumonia in adults.
- 18. Coccidioidomycosis, commonly referred to as "___ ___," is a type of fungal pneumonia. It is caused by a fungus found in the soil in the southwestern United States and California, northern Mexico and parts of Central and South America.
- 20. Flu and pneumonia were the ___ leading cause of death in the United States in 2016.