[PDF] Top 20 Cardiovascular Events After Community-Acquired Pneumonia

... CV events following CAP seems to be decreasing, albeit ...CV events in the non-CAP population, with the exception of atrial ...discrepancy. After incorporating more recent studies, the list of ... See full document

... patients with lymphoproliferative diseases. Serological studies conducted in different countries, indicate ubiquitylation of the HHV-6 and the existence of two antigenic variants - HHV-6A and HHV-6B. Their high tropism ... See full document

... All final images available were used in order to assess the interobserver agreement. Three months after the ob- servers had performed their readings in both formats, a sample of 25 radiographs was selected among ... See full document

... Results: The intra-hospital mortality rate was 20.4% with deaths in all age groups. The average age of deceased patients was 79.8 years, significantly higher than surviving patients with 71.3 years. Patients aged 50 or ... See full document

... previously standardized procedures [4-8]. Anti-Streptococcus pneumoniae omniserum against 90 serotypes (pneumococcal omniserum) from Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark [9] and anti-Haemophilus influenzae type b produced ... See full document

... Patients were classified as “eligible” or “not eligible” to undergo sequential IV antimicrobial therapy to OR after 48 and 72 hours of hospitalization. The eligibility criteria were defined as follows: clinical ... See full document

... severe community acquired pneumonia (CAP) in a pediatric public ...therapy after 48 and 72 hours of hospitalization according to clinical ... See full document

... pneumococcal pneumonia admissions in Portuguese elderly was attributed to the hypothetical indirect effect (Herd effect) of pneumococcal child vaccination ... See full document

... All adults (> 18 years old) hospitalized with CAP were screened for study selection. CAP was defined by the evidence of new radiological pulmonary infiltrates during the first 48 h of hospitalization and by ≥1 of the ... See full document

... New approaches to the development of a vaccine are promising [60]. However, phase III efficacy trials in infants and young children are still required before final approval [61]. The current trend has been to identify ... See full document

... had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or had received any organ trans- ...of pneumonia was evaluated using PSI ...days after admission were 0% (0/45), ... See full document

... tients. After excluding patients that died in the first 7 days after ICU ad- mission, we found that receiving 7 days or less of adequate antibiotic treatment did not led to higher short or long term ... See full document

... making process, namely in the assessment of clinical response to antibiotic therapy. C-reactive protein (CRP) is one of these biomarkers and probably the most widely used [9]. In different infections and clinical ... See full document

... for community-acquired pneumonia of a state hospital in Rio de Janeiro/RJ and tries to propose changes to it according to pharmacoeconomic ...descriptors: Pneumonia AND Economia Farmacêutica ... See full document

... Analyses were repeated, after excluding the patients who received SMX-TMP and the results were similar. There was no statistical difference between the groups regarding sex, type of housing, existing ... See full document

... immediately after each case identification by the primary ...of pneumonia was based on either the WHO case definition criteria ...having pneumonia whose questionnaires were not completed ... See full document

... immediately after each case identification by the primary ...of pneumonia was based on either the WHO case definition criteria ...having pneumonia whose questionnaires were not completed ... See full document

... Results: Of 473 patients who fulfilled the selection criteria, inhaled steroids were regularly used by 109 (23%). In the overall sample, inhaled steroids were associated with a higher risk of hospitalization (OR=1.96, p ... See full document

... association was found between its serum levels at admission and severity assessed by SAPS II (Spearman’s correlation = 0.24, p = 0.31) or SOFA score (SOFA < 10: <3.45 nmol/l vs. SOFA ≥ 10: 3.90 nmol/l, p = 0.74). ... See full document

... CA pneumonia patients, the amendment of initial CRP and PA levels to the pneumonia severity index improved the predictability of 28-day mortality, with an AUROC of ... See full document