Pneumonia in the Elderly

Peter A. Frith; Karin S. Nyfort-Hansen

doi:10.1002/9780470017975.ch19

Pneumonia in the Elderly

Peter A. Frith
, Karin S. Nyfort-Hansen

Flinders University

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Prescribing for Elderly Patients
Editors	Stephen Jackson, Paul Jansen, Arduino Mangoni
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pages	199-209
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9780470024287
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470017975.ch19
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2009

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

"gold standard" confirming pneumonia - plain chest X-ray
Chest X-ray infiltrates, and Apache Score ≥ 22 (27, 28)
Choice of antibiotic for CAP - local antibiotic sensitivity patterns
Community acquired (CAP) and hospital acquired (HAP) pneumonia
CURB-65 criteria for CAP severity
Empirical antibiotic therapy for aspiration pneumonia
Important considerations for drug usage
Pneumococcal vaccination in severity of infection in elderly
Pneumonia in elderly

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