The Infections Causing Acute Respiratory Failure in Elderly Patients

The immune system of older individuals declines with advancing age (“immunosenescence”) increasing susceptibility to infection, as well as to an increased risk of a worse outcome. Severe community-acquired pneumonia and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are causes...

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Autor principal: Foccillo, Giampiero
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7122443/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26664-6_5
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description The immune system of older individuals declines with advancing age (“immunosenescence”) increasing susceptibility to infection, as well as to an increased risk of a worse outcome. Severe community-acquired pneumonia and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are causes of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in elderly patients. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is effective in the treatment of patients with ARF, above all in case of AECOPD.
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spelling pubmed-71224432020-04-06 The Infections Causing Acute Respiratory Failure in Elderly Patients Foccillo, Giampiero Ventilatory Support and Oxygen Therapy in Elder, Palliative and End-of-Life Care Patients Article The immune system of older individuals declines with advancing age (“immunosenescence”) increasing susceptibility to infection, as well as to an increased risk of a worse outcome. Severe community-acquired pneumonia and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) are causes of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in elderly patients. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is effective in the treatment of patients with ARF, above all in case of AECOPD. 2019-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7122443/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26664-6_5 Text en © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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