Prevalence and treatment of postobstructive pneumonia among older adults with advanced cancer

• Main Authors: Seohyuk Lee (Author), Lisa O'Donovan (Author), Avi J. Cohen (Author), Samir Gautam (Author), Vincent Quagliarello (Author), Manisha Juthani-Mehta (Author), Rupak Datta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Among 124 older adults with advanced cancer who were hospitalized with pneumonia, 7.3% met criteria for postobstructive pneumonia. There were no differences in antibiotic duration, antibiotic spectrum, 30-day and 90-day readmissions, or mortality between those with and without postobstructive pneumo...