TY - JOUR
T1 - Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections in nursing home residents
T2 - Predictors of hospitalization and mortality
AU - Chan Carusone, S.B.
AU - Walter, S.D.
AU - Brazil, K.
AU - Loeb, M.B.
N1 - MEDLINE® is the source for the MeSH terms of this document.
PY - 2007/3/1
Y1 - 2007/3/1
N2 - 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
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01070.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01070.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847305467
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 55
SP - 414
EP - 419
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 3
ER -
