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ADVANCED AGE, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, UNDERLYIND LUNG DISEASE, ALCOHOLISM, ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS, SMOKING, ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION, MALNUTRITION, AND IMMOBILIZATION
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE; ATTRACTION OF NEUTROPHILS, RELEASE OF INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS; ACCUMULATION OF FIBRINOUS EXUDATE, RBC, AND BACTERIA
RED HEPATIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION OF LUNG PARENCHYMA LEUKOCYTE INFILTRATION (neutrophils and macrophages) GRAY HEPATIZATION AND DEPOSITION OF FIBRIN ON PLEURAL SURFACES; PHAGOCYTOSIS IN ALVEOLI
FEVER, CHILLS, PRODUCTIVE OR DRY COUGH, MALAISE, PLEURAL PAIN, DYSPNEA, HEMOPTYSIS, PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION, DULLNESS TO PERCUSSION, INSPIRATORY CRACKLES, INCREASED TACTILE FREMITUS, WBC EGOPHONY, WHISPERED PECTORILOQUY
PE, CULTURES OF BLOOD AND RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS, ANTIBIOTICS, HYDRATION, PULMONARY HYGIENE
RESOLUTION OF INFECTION; MACROPHAGES IN ALVEOLI INGEST AND REMOVE DEGENERATED NEUTROPHILS, FIBRIN, AND BACTERIA