Factors predicting in-hospital mortality among patients admitted with community acquired pneumonia at a tertiary care hospital Karachi, Pakistan.
Nousheen IqbalMuhammad IrfanFaraz SiddiqueVerda ArshadAli Bin Sarwar ZubairiPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)
We found CURB65 ≥ 3 score; high dependency unit as initial site of care; bedridden status; bilateral infiltrates on chest X-ray and low hemoglobin (10.4 g/dL or less) at the time of admission as independent risk factors of in-hospital mortality. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common organism isolated in patients.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- staphylococcus aureus
- community acquired pneumonia
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- emergency department
- tertiary care
- chronic kidney disease
- palliative care
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- quality improvement
- cystic fibrosis
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- case report
- pain management
- dual energy
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- electron microscopy