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dc.creatorSaldías P,Fernando
dc.creatorMardónez U,José Miguel
dc.creatorMarchesse R,Miguel
dc.creatorViviani G,Paola
dc.creatorFarías G,Gonzalo
dc.creatorDíaz F,Alejandro
dc.date2002-12-01
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dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872002001200007
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/107155
dc.descriptionBackground: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a serious health problem in Chile. Aim: To study prognostic factors on admission and outcome of CAP, in immune competent adult patients, hospitalized in the Catholic University Clinical Hospital. Patients and methods: All adult patients admitted with a CAP in a period of 2 years were prospectively studied. Patients with immunodeficiency, solid tumors or receiving oral adrenal steroids were excluded from the study. Results: In the study period, 463 patients (69±19 years, 55% male) were evaluated. Ninety four percent were treated with 2nd or 3rd generation cephalosporins. Mean hospital length of stay was 10 days. Mortality during hospital stay was 8% and in the ensuing 30 days, it was 12%. Bacterial etiology was established in 25% of cases. The most frequent pathogens isolated were Streptococcus pneumoniae (10.2%), Haemophilus influenzae (3.7%), Staphylococcus aureus (2.8%) and Gram negative bacilli (5.2%). Admission prognostic factors associated with hospital mortality were: an age over 65 years, presence of comorbidity, chronic neurological and hepatic disease, suspicion of aspiration, duration of symptoms for less than 3 days, presence of dyspnea and altered mental status, absence of cough, fever and chills; low blood pressure, tachypnea, metabolic acidosis, hypoxemia, high blood urea nitrogen, hypernatremia, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, hypoalbuminemia, multilobar radiographic pulmonary infiltrates, bacteremia, high risk categories of the Fine Index (IV and V), and admission to Intermediate Care Unit or ICU. Conclusions: The features of community acquired pneumonia of these patients are similar to those reported abroad (Rev Méd Chile 2002; 130: 1373-82).
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dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.relation10.4067/S0034-98872002001200007
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dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.130 n.12 2002
dc.subjectCephalosporins
dc.subjectHospital mortality
dc.subjectPneumonia, bacterial
dc.titleNeumonía adquirida en la comunidad en el adulto hospitalizado: Cuadro clínico y factores pronósticos


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