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Characteristics and management of community-acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Global Aging

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dc.contributor.author Cillóniz, Catia
dc.contributor.author Rodríguez-Hurtado, Diana
dc.contributor.author Torres, Antoni
dc.date.accessioned 2018-11-30T02:09:31Z
dc.date.available 2018-11-30T02:09:31Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4022
dc.description.abstract Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) can occur at any time of life, but its incidence and risk of death are linked to increasing age. CAP in the elderly is a major health problem associated with high rates of readmission, morbidity, and mortality. Since the clinical presentation of pneumonia in the elderly may be atypical, clinicians should suspect pneumonia in older patients presenting symptoms such as falls and altered mental status, fatigue, lethargy, delirium, anorexia, in order to avoid the complications associated with delayed diagnosis and therapy. Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the most frequently reported pathogen in this population. However, particular attention should be paid to patients with risk factors for multidrug resistant pathogens, because a large proportion of elderly persons present multimorbidity. Vaccination is one of the most important preventive approaches for CAP in the elderly. In addition, lifestyle-tailored interventions for different modifiable risk factors will help to reduce the risk of pneumonia in elderly persons. Surveillance of etiological pathogens may improve vaccination policies in this population. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation.ispartofseries Medical Sciences
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject aging en_US
dc.subject community-acquired pneumonia en_US
dc.subject elderly en_US
dc.subject pneumonia en_US
dc.title Characteristics and management of community-acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Global Aging en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci6020035
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.00
dc.relation.issn 2076-3271


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