Community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization in the elderly. Clinical features and prognosis

We evaluated retrospectively 96 patients older than 64 years admitted with the diagnosis of Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) in order to describe the clinical features, evaluate severity and assess prognostic factors. During an 18-month period 100 cases of CAP were included. Average age was 82.3 y...

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Autores principales: Fuenzalida, A.D., Vera, C., Santamarina, J., Izarduy, L., Bagnasco, R., Grinspon, S., Khoury, M., Rodriguez, C.H., Luna, C.M.
Formato: JOUR
Materias:
Elderly
Mortality
Pneumonia
Prognosis
Severity
aged
Argentina
article
bacterial pneumonia
communicable disease
female
hospitalization
human
male
mortality
multivariate analysis
prognosis
retrospective study
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Community-Acquired Infections
Female
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00257680_v59_n6_p731_Fuenzalida
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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