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Updates in Pneumonia - On Demand 2026
Frontline hospitalists face shifting pneumonia playbooks. In this fast, case-driven update, you’ll diagnose with precision, evaluate when to step down from IV to oral agents, and treat with shorter, evidence-backed courses. We’ll critique procalcitonin, design smarter diagnostic stewardship, and clarify if/when steroids help. Leave ready to tackle gray zones, apply new guidance on your next shift, and sharpen outcomes-driven practice.
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On-Demand
Expires on Apr 05, 2029
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Demonstrate how rapid conversation to oral antibiotics in hospitalized patients is safe and can help reduce costs.
  2. Evaluate the usefulness (or not) of serum procalcitonin in the diagnosis of bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP).
  3. Discuss recent guideline updates recommending shorter durations of antibiotics for CAP.
  4. Examine management strategies for patients admitted with viral pneumonia.
  5. Summarize when steroids should be used in CAP.
Faculty
  • Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc
  • Claire Ciarkowski, MD
Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.
CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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