Across
- 6. Mortality rates are highest among this group of patients.
- 7. impaired gas exchange in pneumonia leads to decreased oxygen in the body.
- 9. The most common infectious agents to cause pneumonia.
Down
- 1. What category of drugs can be used to treat pneumonia.
- 2. A primary nursing diagnosis for pneumonia.
- 3. Fluid in the lung compresses the alveoli and cause this lung sound.
- 4. acute respiratory infection of the lungs
- 5. a common symptom of pneumonia due to the build up of mucus in the lungs.
- 8. This comorbidity makes patients 3 times more likely to be hospitalized with pneumonia