Etiology and Prognosis of Pneumonia in Patients with Solid Tumors: A Prospective Cohort of Hospitalized Cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on the incidence, etiology, and prognosis of non-ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitalized patients with solid tumors are scarce. We aimed to study the characteristics of non-ventilator-associated pneumonia in hospitalized patients with solid tumors.

Materials and methods

This was a prospective noninterventional cohort study of pneumonia in patients hospitalized in an oncology ward in a tertiary teaching hospital. Pneumonia was defined according to the American Thoracic Society criteria. Patients were followed for 1 month after diagnosis or until discharge. Survivors were compared with nonsurvivors.

Results

A total of 132 episodes of pneumonia were diagnosed over 1 year (9.8% of admissions to the oncology ward). They were health care-related (67.

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Cruz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7216440 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature