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Hospital admissions of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal between 2000 and 2009
| dc.contributor.author | Froes, Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Diniz, António | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mesquita, Margarida | |
| dc.contributor.author | Serrado, Margarida | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nunes, Baltazar | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-17T16:10:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-09-17T16:10:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-08-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Recent studies in the USA and northern Europe have shown an increase in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In southern Europe this increase has not yet been documented. We carried out a retrospective analysis from encoded information from the Portuguese database for hospital admissions which included all individuals aged 18 or above, with a primary diagnosis of pneumonia, who were discharged between 2000 and 2009. We excluded patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, immunocompromised individuals as a result of anti-cancer or immunosuppressive treatment and transplant recipients. Of the 294 027 admissions for CAP, 56% were male. The average age was 73.1 and the median age 77. Between 2000 and 2009 there was a 5% increase in the average age of patients admitted with CAP. Admissions for CAP represented 3.7% of total admissions of adult patients. The average annual rate of hospital admissions for adults with CAP was 3.61 per 1000 total population, rising to 13.4% for those>65. From 2000–2004 and 2005–2009 the average annual rate of hospital admission for CAP per 1000 population increased 28.2%. Hospital admissions for CAP in Portugal increased between 2000 and 2009. It has grown consistently over time varying according to age with males overrepresented. | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Eur Respir J erj02167-2011; published ahead of print 2012 | por |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0903-1936 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/1008 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | European Respiratory Society | por |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2012/08/09/09031936.00216711.long | por |
| dc.subject | Pneumonia | por |
| dc.subject | Hospitalizações | por |
| dc.subject | Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença | por |
| dc.title | Hospital admissions of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal between 2000 and 2009 | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Sheffield, UK | por |
| oaire.citation.title | European Respiratory Journal | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 40 | por |
| rcaap.rights | embargoedAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |