The incidence of radiologically verified community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalisation in adults living in southern Sweden, 2016-2018: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was one of the most common causes of death in the European Union in 2017. Severity and mortality of CAP increase with age and an aging European population will require increased planning for prevention, control, and management of CAP. The purpose of this study was to provide an updated population-based estimate of the incidence of CAP requiring hospitalization in Northern Europe.

Method

We conducted a retrospective cohort study estimating the population-based incidence of CAP requiring hospitalization. Adults residing in Southern Sweden admitted between September 2016 and September 2018 with radiographically confirmed CAP and a primary discharge diagnosis consistent with pneumonia were identified by retrospective medical chart re

SUBMITTER: Runow E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742510 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature