ReviewInternal and emergency medicine2012
Pneumonia in frail older patients: an up to date.
Review in Internal and emergency medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Acute organ injury and long-term sequelae of severe pneumococcal infections.Pneumonia (Nathan Qld.) · 2023Review
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- Comparison of two different frailty measurements and risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19: findings from UK Biobank.BMC medicine · 2020Article
- Developing evidence-based guidance for assessment of suspected infections in care home residents.BMC geriatrics · 2020Review
- Restrictive Ventilatory Patterns in Residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities.Western journal of nursing research · 2019Article
- Performance status and in-hospital mortality of elderly patients with community acquired pneumonia.Internal and emergency medicine · 2018Article
- [Vaccination in advanced age].Der Internist · 2018Review
- Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections in internal medicine wards: old and new drugs.Internal and emergency medicine · 2016Review
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- Oropharyngeal dysphagia in older persons - from pathophysiology to adequate intervention: a review and summary of an international expert meeting.Clinical interventions in aging · 2016Review
- Healthcare-associated Pneumonia and Aspiration Pneumonia.Aging and disease · 2015Review
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- Identification and management of invasive mycoses in internal medicine: a road-map for physicians.Internal and emergency medicine · 2014Review
- Early identification of severe community-onset pneumonia in "frail elderly patient".Internal and emergency medicine · 2014Article
- Delirium is a predictor of in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with community acquired pneumonia.Internal and emergency medicine · 2014Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Despite advances in diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy and supportive care modalities, community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in patients who require hospitalization. Elderly patients with poor functional status are characterized by a higher risk of developing severe CAP, due to the frequent presence of underlying respiratory and cardiac diseases, alteration of mental status, and immunosuppression. In recent years, changes in the healthcare system have shifted a considerable part of older patient care from hospitals to the community, and the traditional distinction between community- and hospital-acquired infections has become less clear. Pneumonia occurring among outpatients in contact with the healthcare system has been termed healthcare-associated pneumonia. Older frail patients have a high frequency of aspiration pneumonia and pneumonia due to gram-negative bacilli and other multidrug resistant pathogens. The contemporary presence of renal impairment usually requires specific dose adjustment of antibiotic therapy, which may be toxic in this specific patient population. This review produces a summary of therapeutic recommendations on the basis of the most updated clinical and pharmacological data.
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