Prognostic factors of poor outcomes in pneumonia in older adults: aspiration or frailty?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Little is known about the long-term and functional prognoses of older adults with pneumonia, which complicates their management. There is a common belief that aspiration is a poor prognostic factor; however, the diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia (AP) lacks consensus criteria and is mainly based on clinical characteristics typical of the frailty syndrome. Therefore, the poor prognosis of AP may also be a result of frailty rather than aspiration. This study investigated the impact of AP and other prognostic factors in older patients with pneumonia.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients aged 75 years and older, admitted with pneumonia in 2021. We divided patients according to their initial diagnosis (AP or non-AP), compared outcomes using Kaplan-

SUBMITTER: Yoshimatsu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997696 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature