Pneumonia

Author: Cao Dongping
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Pneumonia is a common and frequently occurring disease that affects people's health. In China, there are approximately 2.5 million cases of pneumonia annually, with 125,000 deaths caused by pneumonia, ranking fifth among all causes of death. To popularize pneumonia knowledge and help non-medical professionals understand pneumonia, enabling active prevention, early diagnosis, and timely treatment to reduce mortality and disability rates, this popular science book was compiled. The book aims to be easy to understand and accessible, introducing general medical knowledge about pneumonia, including epidemiology, causative factors, common types, relevant laboratory tests and precautions, diagnosis, differential diagnosis with related diseases, treatment, prevention, and general hospital admission knowledge. It is hoped that this book will benefit readers in disease prevention and treatment, and improve public health awareness and quality of life, delivering health to every family.