Influence of comorbid conditions on long-term mortality after pneumonia in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 518-525

  Yende, Sachin ^a,g   Angus, Derek C ^a   Ali, Ibrahim Sultan ^c   Somes, Grant ^c   Newman, Anne B ^b   Bauer, Douglas ^d   Garcia, Melissa ^e   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

CAP; Community acquired pneumonia; Comorbidity; Hospitalization; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33947667912     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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