Pneumonia is usually referred to as infectious pneumonia. Severe pneumonia can be recovered through active anti-infective treatment and supportive therapy.
1. Anti-infective treatment: the principles of treatment are early medication, wide antibacterial range of drugs used, adequate dosage, and step-down. Once the diagnosis of severe pneumonia is confirmed, anti-infective treatment should be started as early as possible.
Empirical treatment is used at the beginning, and the combination of antibacterial drugs is often used in the treatment. Drugs should be administered in adequate doses. The efficacy of antimicrobial therapy should be evaluated after 2-3 days of treatment. If there is no sign of improvement, a change of antibiotics should be considered; if the patient’s condition improves or the causative organisms are detected by pathogenetic testing, then the treatment should be changed to targeted therapy.
2. Supportive therapy: there are respiratory supportive therapy, nutritional supportive therapy and immune supportive therapy. Respiratory support therapy is the core of supportive therapy. Correcting hypoxia and electrolyte disorders can prevent cardiac and renal impairment. Nutritional support therapy can be carried out as early as possible after correcting electrolyte disorders. Immunosuppression can be treated with interferon.
In the course of treatment, all indicators should be closely monitored to prevent complications.
Patients with severe pneumonia need to consult a doctor in time and be treated actively under the guidance of a physician to avoid delaying the condition.