Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019

Morbidity and mortality are higher in older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) than in other age groups. Also, CAP in older adults has various clinical manifestations with other. A higher mortality rate in the elderly with CAP may contribute to a delay in management. Consequently, the pu...

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Autores principales:	Habibi Saleh, Babazadeh Arefeh, Ebrahimpour Soheil, Sabbagh Parisa, Shokri Mehran
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	community-acquired pneumonia elderly clinical manifestation Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5f5c7c6f7a034d29b7a79806de0b78242021-12-05T14:11:06ZClinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-20192300-667610.2478/cipms-2021-0027https://doaj.org/article/5f5c7c6f7a034d29b7a79806de0b78242021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/cipms-2021-0027https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6676Morbidity and mortality are higher in older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) than in other age groups. Also, CAP in older adults has various clinical manifestations with other. A higher mortality rate in the elderly with CAP may contribute to a delay in management. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical and laboratory manifestations of CAP in the elderly. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 221 elderly patients with CAP who were admitted to Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, in Babol, northern of Iran, in 2017-2019. Patient outcomes included 170 cases that recovered from CAP, and 51 cases that died of complications. Patients were evaluated in terms of their clinical and laboratory manifestations. The most common symptoms of pneumonia were cough (79.6%), sputum (73.8%), weakness (72.9%), fever (56%), dyspnea (46.2%). The most frequent underlying disease was ischemic heart disease (43.9%). In our study, clinical and laboratory characteristics in older patients with CAP were evaluated and compared with other studies confirming past findings, but there were differences in some cases, such as vital signs, gastrointestinal symptoms, and disturbance of the level of consciousness. Therefore, it recommends carefully taking the patients’ initial histories and accurately recording their clinical and laboratory symptoms.Habibi SalehBabazadeh ArefehEbrahimpour SoheilSabbagh ParisaShokri MehranSciendoarticlecommunity-acquired pneumoniaelderlyclinical manifestationMedicineRENCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Vol 34, Iss 3, Pp 130-133 (2021)
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spellingShingle	community-acquired pneumonia elderly clinical manifestation Medicine R Habibi Saleh Babazadeh Arefeh Ebrahimpour Soheil Sabbagh Parisa Shokri Mehran Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019
description	Morbidity and mortality are higher in older adults with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) than in other age groups. Also, CAP in older adults has various clinical manifestations with other. A higher mortality rate in the elderly with CAP may contribute to a delay in management. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical and laboratory manifestations of CAP in the elderly. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 221 elderly patients with CAP who were admitted to Ayatollah Rouhani Hospital, in Babol, northern of Iran, in 2017-2019. Patient outcomes included 170 cases that recovered from CAP, and 51 cases that died of complications. Patients were evaluated in terms of their clinical and laboratory manifestations. The most common symptoms of pneumonia were cough (79.6%), sputum (73.8%), weakness (72.9%), fever (56%), dyspnea (46.2%). The most frequent underlying disease was ischemic heart disease (43.9%). In our study, clinical and laboratory characteristics in older patients with CAP were evaluated and compared with other studies confirming past findings, but there were differences in some cases, such as vital signs, gastrointestinal symptoms, and disturbance of the level of consciousness. Therefore, it recommends carefully taking the patients’ initial histories and accurately recording their clinical and laboratory symptoms.
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author	Habibi Saleh Babazadeh Arefeh Ebrahimpour Soheil Sabbagh Parisa Shokri Mehran
author_facet	Habibi Saleh Babazadeh Arefeh Ebrahimpour Soheil Sabbagh Parisa Shokri Mehran
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title	Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019
title_short	Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019
title_full	Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019
title_fullStr	Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019
title_full_unstemmed	Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019
title_sort	clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with community-acquired pneumonia in babol, northern iran – 2017-2019
publisher	Sciendo
publishDate	2021
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Clinical and laboratory findings in elderly with Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Babol, northern Iran – 2017-2019

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