Characteristics of aspiration pneumonia patients in acute care hospitals: A multicenter, retrospective survey in Northern Japan.

Characteristics of aspiration pneumonia patients in acute care hospitals: A multicenter, retrospective survey in Northern Japan.

<h4>Background</h4>Pneumonia is a common cause of illness and death of the elderly in Japan. Its prevalence is escalating globally with the aging of population. To describe the latest trends in pneumonia hospitalizations, especially aspiration pneumonia (AP) cases, we assessed the clinic...

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Main Authors: Jun Suzuki, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Kengo Kato, Risako Kakuta, Yuta Kobayashi, Akira Ohkoshi, Ryo Ishii, Ai Hirano-Kawamoto, Jun Ohta, Rei Kawata, Tomonori Kanbayashi, Masaki Hatano, Tadahisa Shishido, Yuya Miyakura, Kento Ishigaki, Yasunari Yamauchi, Miho Nakazumi, Takuya Endo, Hiroki Tozuka, Shiori Kitaya, Yuki Numano, Shotaro Koizumi, Yutaro Saito, Mutsuki Unuma, Ken Hashimoto, Eiichi Ishida, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Takayuki Kudo, Kenichi Watanabe, Masaki Ogura, Masaru Tateda, Takatsuna Sasaki, Nobuo Ohta, Tatsuma Okazaki, Yukio Katori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254261

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