COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, RISK FACTORS AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO INTERNAL MEDICINE ICU UNIT, Al AZHAR UNIVERSITY’S HOSPITALS | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 10, Volume 51, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 73-78 PDF (768.82 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2021.165941 | ||
| Authors | ||
| AHMED MOHAMED ABOHASSAN1; MAHMOUD A. HASHISH2 | ||
| 1Departments of Internal Medicine,Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Egypt | ||
| 2Departments of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Pneumonia is one of the leading cause of death· Previous studies considered that advanced age, renal failure, heart failure, septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome as significant risk factors for pneumonia: Despite the high mortality in patients with pneumonia admitted to an ICU, the risk factors data for death remain limited. A total of 90 of community- at Al Hussein University Hospital from September 2017 to December 2018 were studied. They suffered from acute illness and evidence of consolidation on a chest radiograph. Risk factors related to sociodemographic factors, drug use, clinical history were investigated by questionnaire, laboratory assays, radiological assay and culture and sensitivity and statistically analysis The results showed high mortality especially among elderly patients and those with neoplastic disease or chronic renal failure. The other prognostic factors related to increased mortality included mechanical ventilation, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), acute renal failure, septicemia, and septic shock. Mortality rate was 40/90 patients. Age, under body weight, smocking, chronic illness as diabetes, heart disease, renal disease | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Risk factors; ICU unit; Community acquired pneumonia | ||
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