Predicting 1-year mortality after hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a major public health problem with high short- and long-term mortality. The main aim of this study was to develop and validate a specific prognostic index for one-year mortality in patients admitted for CAP.

Methods

This was an observational, prospective study of adults aged ≥18 years admitted to Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital (Bizkaia, Spain) from January 2001 to July 2009 with a diagnosis of CAP surviving the first 15 days. The entire cohort was divided into two parts, in order to develop a one-year mortality predictive model in the derivation cohort, before validation using the second cohort.

Results

A total of 2351 patients were included and divided into a derivation and a validation cohort. After deaths within 15 days

SUBMITTER: Uranga A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5812619 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature