A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOR THE YEAR 2604
ABOUT INTERVENTION OF DEMENTIA
2005 Volume 59 Issue 11 Pages 593-597
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2005 Volume 59 Issue 11 Pages 593-597
30 cases admitted to this hospital in 2004 with community-acquired pneumonia were reviewed: 18 men and 12 women, with their average age being 73.21±17.15 years. In 28 cases upon admission a CT chest scan was, and in 18 of these both lungs showed infiltrative shadow (64.3%). According to the ranking criteria for community-acquired pneumonia developed by the Japanese Respiratory Society, three were mild cases, 21 were moderate cases, and six seriously ill cases. As for prophlogistic causative factor, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae were each present in four cases and were the most frequent. There were four deaths during treatment (13.3%). There was extensive dementia in patients in four cases, with the average age being 83.5 years old. In the three cases where there was difficulty giving pneumonic treatment the patients had extensive dementia. Pneumonia treatment of dementia cases will be an important problem in future.
