Identifying Risk Factors for Aspiration in Patients Hospitalized with Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aspiration pneumonia (AP) is difficult to diagnose and has poor outcomes. This case-control study aimed to explore the risk factors and delineate the antibiotic usage for AP.

Methods

Inpatients diagnosed with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) from 2013 to 2017, enrolled in the urban employee basic medical insurance program in Beijing, were included and classified into the AP (N = 2,885) and non-AP (N = 53,825) groups. Risk factors were identified by logistic regression.

Results

Older age (compared to 18-64 years, OR for 65-79 years: 4.3, 95% CI: 3.8-4.9; OR for >80 years: 6.3, 95% CI: 5.6-7.2), male (OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1.3-1.5), cerebrovascular disease (OR: 3.1, 95% CI: 2.8-3.5), dementia (OR: 2.0, 95% CI: 1.8-2.1), vomiting (OR: 1.4, 95% CI: 1

SUBMITTER: Zhao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10368512 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature