Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?

Pneumonia is a common reason for admission afflicting frail older adults. Those who are the frailest are more likely to be provided with a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia. This diagnosis has no clear definition and no clinical consensus. It is therefore time to stop attempting to differentiate bet...

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Autores principales: Smithard, David G., Yoshimatsu, Yuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36286218
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7050115
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description Pneumonia is a common reason for admission afflicting frail older adults. Those who are the frailest are more likely to be provided with a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia. This diagnosis has no clear definition and no clinical consensus. It is therefore time to stop attempting to differentiate between pneumonia type and use the term frailty-associated pneumonia.
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spelling pubmed-96021192022-10-27 Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia? Smithard, David G. Yoshimatsu, Yuki Geriatrics (Basel) Communication Pneumonia is a common reason for admission afflicting frail older adults. Those who are the frailest are more likely to be provided with a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia. This diagnosis has no clear definition and no clinical consensus. It is therefore time to stop attempting to differentiate between pneumonia type and use the term frailty-associated pneumonia. MDPI 2022-10-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9602119/ /pubmed/36286218 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7050115 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?
title Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?
title_full Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?
title_fullStr Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?
title_full_unstemmed Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?
title_short Pneumonia, Aspiration Pneumonia, or Frailty-Associated Pneumonia?
title_sort pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia, or frailty-associated pneumonia?
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9602119/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36286218
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7050115
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