医学英语课件5b Definition and Classification of Pneumonia.ppt

Definition and Classification of Pneumonia Maggie Chen Questions Answers What is pneumonia? It refers to a syndrome caused by acute infection, usually bacterial. What is difference between pneumonia and pneumonitis? pneumonia: bacterial infection + non-bacterial infection pneumonia: non-infectious cause Although pneumonia is technically a type of pneumonitis because the infection causes inflammation, most doctors are referring to other causes of lung inflammation when they use the term pneumonitis. pneumonia pneum(o)-: air or gas;?lung 肺 pneumon- pneumat- pneumocyte 肺细胞 pneumococcus 肺炎球菌 pneumonectomy 肺切除术 …，that is characterized by clinical and /or radiographic signs of consolidation of a part or parts of one or both lungs. be characterized by: 特点是 consolidation: solidification; the process of becoming or the condition of being solid signs of consolidation: 实变征象 Translate it: 其特点是临床或x光检查表现为一侧肺或左右两肺的一部分或数个部分有实变征象。 radiographic radi-: 光线，放射，辐射 radioactivity 放射性 radiology 放射学 radiogram 放射照片 -graph: 描记器，照像 ，图像 electro cardio graph 心电图 EKG Para.2: The causes of inflammation 1. What are the basis for classification? The classification should be based on anatomy and causes. 2. what do the two classifications indicate? When categorized anatomically, it describes the extent and distribution of the process in the lung or lungs. While classified causally, it means that the responsible microorganism is named. ● anatomical – causal ● When the infection cause is not known: ○ community-acquired – nosocomial ○ resulting from pharyngeal aspiration – occurring in an immunocompromised host For practical purposes the classification of pneumonia should be both anatomical, in which the descriptive terms used communicate the extent and distribution of the process in the lung or lungs, and causal, in which the responsible microorganism is named. communicate: impart or pass on (information, news, or ideas); illustrate