Clinical Features and Risk Factors for Mortality in Hospitalized Older Adults with Pneumonia.

Nobuhiko FukudaNobuaki KobayashMakoto MasudaAya WakabayashiNobuko KusanoKeisuke WatanabeNobuyuki HoritaYu HaraMasanori NishikawaTakeshi Kaneko

Published in: Canadian respiratory journal (2021)

Our study suggested that the A-DROP score is a risk factor of mortality for pneumonia in older adults. In addition, pneumococcal vaccination history was related to increased mortality; however, the influence of the vaccination remains unclear because of the small sample size.

Keyphrases

risk factors
cardiovascular events
physical activity
cardiovascular disease
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
drug induced