ElderlyPneumonia is the leading cause of death due to infectious disease in the elderly and the fourth most common cause of death overall. Streptococcus pneumonia remains the main aetiological agent in community-acquired pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia related to neuromuscular disease is also a frequent...
Advanced age and underlying comorbid illness may be responsible for the unusual presentation of pneumonia in the elderly.38, 97 In some elderly patients, the usual symptoms, such as cough, fever, chills, rigors, and chest pain, may be absent (so-called silent infection) and be replaced by ...
The incidence of pneumonia for elderly persons living in the community is 14 cases/1000 persons/y, whereas 33/1000 nursing home residents require hospitalization for pneumonia each year. Premorbid health status is more important than age in determining outcome from pneumonia in this age group. Two...
Pneumonia in the elderly patients 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 48 作者: KS Jung 摘要: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of major medical illness and leading causes of death in the elderly patients. They account for the majority of CAP-related hospital admission, and ...
Advances of treatment of severe pneumonia in elderly-老年重症肺炎治疗进展 老年重症肺炎的治疗推荐以抗菌药物治疗为核心的综合治疗,包括呼吸支持、营养支持、免疫调节、维持内环境稳定、必要时血液滤过治疗及预防MOF。老年患者因并存多种疾病...
In elderly people, symptoms and signs may be more subtle; for example, older patients may have predominantly confusion. On examination, the patient is often listless and may be cyanotic. The respiratory rate is increased; if pleuritic pain is marked, the patient may be splinting the affected ...
Hospital-acquired Pneumonia in Ward of General Medicine:A Clinical Analysis of which them the elderly patients accounted for 65.1%.The chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,malignant tumor and cerebrovascular disease were the main ... FU Yong-Yong,X Lin,YE Han-Zhuo - 《Chinese Journal of Nosocom...
Pneumonia is the leading cause of infection-related death and represents the fifth cause of mortality in the elderly. There are several reported risk facto... CH Lee,CL Wu - 《International Journal of Gerontology》 被引量: 13发表: 2008年 [Pneumonia in the elderly population over 70 years wit...
“The LTCI system was introduced in Japan in 2000 to address the demands of older persons with disabilities based on the concept of a user-oriented social insurance system with support for independence. Older people with a certification for LTCI service needs can utilize facility services, in-ho...
Elderly patients who are hospitalised with pneumonia are twice as likely to die as those hospitalised with hip fractures—yet many elderly people fail to accurately assess their risk of pneumonia, concludes research due to be presented at the European Co