18 per 100,000 people per year. For persons 5 years or younger and 75 years or older, rates are about 23 and 35.8 per 100,000 people, respectively. For pneumococcalbacteremia, the incidence is about 7.5 per 100,000 people per year and increases with age; the case-fatality rate is 21...
(mycolic acids),glycolipids, lipoglycans andpolysaccharides. Such an envelope contributes tobacterial survivalin the infected host; the lipoglycan was shown to modulate thehost immune responseand, in particular, to have a powerful anti-inflammatory activity. Lipoglycans are known aslipoarab...
1). Bags were deflated by hand squeezing after each cough. People who had adverse effects like dizziness could rest between coughs and, if they produce sputum during coughing, were given a jar in which to expectorate. DNA sampling background controls (BKG) were collected to identify ...
Respiratory rate ≥ 30/minBlood pressure: systolic BP ≤ 90 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≤ 60 mm HgAge ≥ 65 yearsInterpretation Each finding is assigned 1 point. CURB-65 score 0 or 1: The patient may be treated as an outpatient. CURB-65 score ≥ 2: Hospitalization is indicated. CURB-65...
To measure the severity of pneumonia upon admission to the emergency department, we used the CURB-65 (Confusion, Urea nitrogen, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, age ≥65 years) score [25]. Process-of-care variables included: 1) whether appropriate antibiotics were given (defined as an initial...
Combination antibiotic therapy with macrolides improves survival in intubated patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Intensive Care Med 2010; 36: 612–620. 33 Martin-Loeches I, Torres A, Nagavci B, et al. ERS/ESICM/ESCMID/ALAT guidelines for the management of severe community-acquired ...
(response rate was 70.2%). Participants who did not answer questions regarding age or sex were excluded (n = 2030). The data consisted of individuals who did not receive benefits from the LTCI on 1st April 2016. The data consisted of a three-stage hierarchal structure. The individual ...
It is widely supposed that there is no benefit, including extended survival and decreased rate of pneumonia, in patients with severe dementia receiving enteral tube feeding (TF). However, there have been few studies comparing the frequency of pneumonia before and after TF in severe dementia. Metho...
Thirty-day survival, predictors of mortality, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission were compared. Results In total, 663 patients with B-PCAP and 1561 patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia were included in this study. Patients with B-PCAP had more severe disease, a higher ICU admission rate ...
21 In the absence of these criteria, SCAP also could be identified by the presence of two of six minor criteria. These included confusion, BUN greater than 30 mg/dL, respiratory rate greater than 30 breaths/minute, Pao2/Fio2 ratio less than 250, multilobar infiltrates, and age at least ...