COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA, RISK FACTORS AND MORTALITY IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO INTERNAL MEDICINE ICU UNIT, Al AZHAR UNIVERSITY’S HOSPITALS

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1 Departments of Internal Medicine,Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Egypt

2 Departments 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

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