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

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...

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Main Authors: Pranita Harshad Vanjare, Gopinath Kangogopal, Benny Paul Wilson, Surekha Viggeswarpu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research
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Online Access:http://www.cjhr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-3334;year=2020;volume=7;issue=1;spage=20;epage=23;aulast=Vanjare