Because aspiration pneumonia is complex and reflects your patient’s severity of illness, please consider charting this diagnosis in Epic — rather than just as pneumonia — when your patient has the following risk factors:
Do they have a Dx of: RLL pneumonia or Alcoholism or Dysphagia?
Are they of advanced age or a nursing facility resident?
Did they fail a Swallow Study?
Are they being treated with Flagyl, Clindamycin or Zosyn?