Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections in nursing home residents:Predictors of hospitalization and mortality
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01/03/2007
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OBJECTIVES: To compare predictors of hospitalization and death in nursing home residents with pneumonia and other lower respiratory infections (LRIs). DESIGN: A nested cohort study. SETTING: Nine nursing homes in southern Ontario. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred fifty-three nursing home residents with LRIs (enrolled in the control arm of a clinical trial). MEASUREMENTS: Comorbidities, vaccination status, age, health-related quality of life, functional status, and vital statistics were evaluated as potential predictors of hospitalization and mortality at 30 days. RESULTS: Moderate to high disease severity score on a practical severity scale was a strong independent predictor of hospitalization (odds ratio (OR)=7.12, P |
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eng |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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Chan Carusone , S B , Walter , S D , Brazil , K & Loeb , M B 2007 , ' Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections in nursing home residents : Predictors of hospitalization and mortality ' Journal of the American Geriatrics Society , vol 55 , no. 3 , pp. 414-419 . DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01070.x |
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