Community-Acquired Thoracic Empyema in Older People

Objectives: To compare the clinical characteristics of community‐acquired thoracic empyema in older and younger patients and to analyze the effect of various factors on outcome. Design: A retrospective, comparative observational study. Setting: A university‐affiliated tertiary medical center. Partic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) 2005-07, Vol.53 (7), p.1203-1209
Hauptverfasser:	Tsai, Tzu-Hsiu, Jerng, Jih-Shuin, Chen, Kuan-Yu, Yu, Chong-Jen, Yang, Pan-Chyr
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age differences Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences China Clinical outcomes community-acquired Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology Community-Acquired Infections - mortality Comparative studies elderly Elderly people Empyema Empyema, Pleural - microbiology Empyema, Pleural - mortality Empyema, Pleural - transmission Female General aspects Humans Infections Length of Stay Male Medical sciences Microbiology Middle Aged Mortality Older people outcome Retrospective Studies Taiwan thoracic empyema Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Objectives: To compare the clinical characteristics of community‐acquired thoracic empyema in older and younger patients and to analyze the effect of various factors on outcome. Design: A retrospective, comparative observational study. Setting: A university‐affiliated tertiary medical center. Participants: Forty‐six patients aged 65 and older (older group) and 86 patients aged 18 to 64 (younger group). Measurements: Demographic, clinical, and microbiological data were reviewed. Results: Older patients were more likely to have dyspnea but less likely to have chest pain or fever (P
ISSN:	0002-8614 1532-5415
DOI:	10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53371.x