Impact of aspiration pneumonia in patients with community‐acquired pneumonia and healthcare‐associated pneumonia: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Abstract

Aspiration pneumonia may be a significant predictor of mortality among CAP and HCAP patients. Therefore, the concept of aspiration pneumonia should be considered in the guidelines for these types of pneumonia.

Importance of Functional Assessment in the Management of Community-acquired and Healthcare-associated Pneumonia

“…However, we could not adequately assess it as a prognostic factor because serum albumin was not measured in 17.8% of the patients. Aspiration pneumonia, defined by the presence of risk factors for aspiration and chest computed tomography (CT) findings, is also an independent risk factor for 30-day mortality among CAP and HCAP patients (24). However, we could not apply a strict definition for aspiration pneumonia in this study because CT was not performed in all patients.…”

Detection failure rate of chest radiography for the identification of nursing and healthcare-associated pneumonia

“…Among NHCAP patients, elderly patients who are receiving nursing care with an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (PS) of 3 (capable of only limited selfcare, confined to bed or a chair for more than 50% of waking hours) or 4 (completely disabled, unable to carry out any selfcare, totally confined to bed or a chair) [2] were more often seen in hospitals [3e8]. The most frequent cause of NHCAP in Japanese people is thought to be aspiration pneumonia [3e11], which is associated with poor outcomes [3,5,10].…”

Efficacy of early switch from intravenous to oral antimicrobials in patients with aspiration pneumonia: A prospective observational study

“…However, there are currently no standardized treatment protocols for AP. Compared with non-AP, AP is generally associated with a poorer prognosis [6,7]; as such, patients with AP receive antimicrobial treatment over a longer period. Given that the number of patients with AP has increased, in parallel with the increasing elderly patient population, the management of patients with AP has become one of the most important issues faced by treating physicians.…”