ArticleAging health2009
Community-acquired pneumonia in elderly patients.
Article in Aging health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 137 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biomarkers as point-of-care tests to guide prescription of antibiotics in people with acute respiratory infections in primary care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Distribution of Pathogens in Elderly Chinese Patients With Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Correcting zinc deficiency in nursing home residents: a randomized trial comparing 30 and 60 mg/day elemental zinc supplementation.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Trial
- Early improvement in severely ill patients with pneumonia treated with ceftobiprole: a retrospective analysis of two major trials.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Trial
- Increased Age at Time of Spinal Fusion Does Not Increase Risk of Adverse Outcomes: A Propensity Score-Matched Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of spine surgery · 2026Article
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- Antibiotic prescriptions in Lombardy Region according to WHO AWaRe classification: trend from 2000 to 2024.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Host Aging Induces a Senescent-Like Phenotype in Neutrophils and Altered Transcriptional Responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae.Aging cell · 2026Article
- Pneumonia Risk in Institutionalized Older Adults With Severe Functional Dependency: An Exploratory Analysis Using Standardized Long-Term Care Assessment Data.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2026Observational
- Factors associated with severe pneumonia in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia in Mongolia.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Adjunctive Chaihu Guizhi Tang combined with Maxing Shigan Tang and short-term clinical recovery in hospitalized older adults with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective non-randomized controlled study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The prevalence and influence of self-reported loneliness in the older with community-acquired pneumonia: a multi-center cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Feasibility assessment of a multiple logistic regression model utilizing serum FT3, FT4, and TSH to predict prognosis of pulmonary infection in elderly patients.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Observational
- Comparison of Length of Treatment and Comorbidities in Older and Adult Hospitalized Patients with Bacterial Community-Acquired Pneumonia.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2025Article
- Damage response signaling by the extracellular adenosine pathway: control of infection outcome during host aging.mSphere · 2025Review
- Sex differences in the impact of lower respiratory tract infections on older adults' health trajectories: a population-based cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Modulation of innate immunity related genes resulting in prophylactic antimicrobial and antiviral properties.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Pulmonary Diseases in Older Patients: Understanding and Addressing the Challenges.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Clinical factors associated with in-hospital mortality in elderly versus non-elderly pneumonia patients in the emergency department.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Observational
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Abstract
Community-acquired pneumonia continues to have a significant impact on elderly individuals, who are affected more frequently and with more severe consequences than younger populations. As the population ages it is expected that the medical and economic impact of this disease will increase. Despite these concerns, little progress has been made in research specifically focusing on community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly. Data continue to show that a high index of suspicion, early antimicrobial therapy and appropriate medications to cover typical pathogens are extremely important in treating community-acquired pneumonia in older individuals. This review is designed to serve as an update to our previous work published in Aging Health in 2006, with specific emphasis on the most recent evidence published since that time.
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