Community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly patient. Clinical features, epidemiology, and treatment
Granton, J.T.; Grossman, R.F.
Clinics in Chest Medicine 14(3): 537-553
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0272-5231 PMID: 8222568 Document Number: 417876
The relationship between age and the incidence of and mortality associated with pneumonia is complex. Age itself may not be an independent risk factor, because elderly patients also have a concomitant increase in the number of underlying risk factors for disease. The authors review the clinical features, epidemiology, and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia.
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