Clinical profile and predictors of mortality in the elderly with community-acquired pneumonia at a tertiary care hospital in South India

• Главные авторы: Pranita Harshad Vanjare (Автор), Gopinath Kangogopal (Автор), Benny Paul Wilson (Автор), Surekha Viggeswarpu (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a common and the second-most common infectious cause of hospitalization and mortality in the elderly. There are limited data available on age-specific incidence, predictors, pattern of care, and mortality of CAP in the elderly in India. Materials a...