Adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized with pneumonia at age 60 or more: A prospective multi-centric hospital-based study in India.
Suman KanungoUttaran BhattacharjeeAslesh Ottapura PrabhakaranRakesh KumarPrabu RajkumarSumit Dutt BhardwajAlok Kumar ChakrabartiGirish Kumar C PVarsha PotdarByomkesh MannaRitvik AmarchandAvinash ChoudekarGiridara GopalKrishna SardaKathryn E LafondEduardo Azziz-BaumgartnerSiddhartha SahaLalit DarAnand KrishnanPublished in: PloS one (2024)
High ICU admission and 30-day mortality rates were observed among older adults with pneumonia, with a significant proportion linked to influenza and RSV infections. Comprehensive guidelines for CAP prevention and management in older adults are needed, especially with the co-circulation of SARS-CoV-2.
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