Características clínicas y valoración geriátrica en adultos mayores con neumonía de un hospital de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15533813 |
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| Authors | Martín Regueiro (National University of Comahue, corresponding author), Cecilia Homar (National University of Comahue), Ricardo Ovejero (El Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand), Antonio Liu (0000-0002-1932-7308, El Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand), Tomás Pieroni (El Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand), Romina Basilico (El Hospital General de Agudos Carlos G. Durand) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 432-6 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1726-4634 • E-ISSN: 1726-4642 |
| Publisher | National Institute of Health of Peru (PUBLISHER • PE) |
| DOI | 10.17843/rpmesp.2013.303.279 |
| PMID | 24100818 |
| OpenAlex | W1598229027 |
| Language | ES |
| References cited | 2 |
In order to determine the clinical and geriatric characteristics of elderly adults with pneumonia in a hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a cross-sectional study was carried out in 2010, included 66 patients hospitalized for pneumonia. The mean age of the study subjects was 82, 54.5% of whom were men. 47.0% of the hospitalizations were due to community-acquired pneumonia. As for the functional evaluation, 31.8% showed dependence in performing basic activities of daily living and 69.4% presented dependence in instrumental activities of daily living. The most frequent clinical characteristics observed were fever, cough, dyspnea and expectoration. The causative agent of pneumonia was identified in 34.8% of the cases, 18 of which were bacterial (27.2%) and 5 viral (7.5%). The crude mortality rate was 28.8%, but was close to 50% in those patients having confusional syndrome. We conclude that pneumonia in elderly patients has special characteristics, which can be observed with a proper diagnostic and geriatric evaluation
Elderly people · Mortality rate · Pneumonia · Emergency and Acute Care Studies · Medicine · Nosocomial Infections in ICU · Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections · Gerontology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics
| Highly cited | No |
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