Geriatric assessement a key tool in the initial management of the elderly patient with
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Introduction To assess the relationship between the parameters obtained in the geriatric
assessment and mortality in elderly people with community-acquired pneumonia in an acute …

Respiratory tract infections are a major cause of disease and death in the elderly and have
been recognized as being so for many~ ears. 9~ Although initially described by Oslersz as …

Clinical Analysis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Elderly Page 1 ORIGINAL ARTICLE
D Clinical Analysis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Elderly Yoshihiro Kobashi, Niro …

The incidence of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the elderly is higher compared to
younger populations. In addition, pneumonia in the elderly is a life-threatening problem. As …

The incidence and mortality rates of community-acquired pneumonia are far higher in the
elderly than among younger populations. However, the explanation may lie in the presence …

Pneumonia is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. The elderly
population has exponentially increased in the last decades and the current epidemiological …

PURPOSE: We sought to identify admission characteristics predicting mortality in elderly
patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia and to develop a prognostic …

abstract The incidence of community-acquired pneumonia increases with age and is
associated with an elevated morbidity and mortality due to the physiological changes …

The epidemiology and treatment of pneumonia have changed in recent years. Long a
problem in later life, pneumonia has become even more common in today's elderly. As the …