The prevalence of complications of pneumonia among adults admitted to a tertiary care center in Riyadh from 2010-2017.


Journal

Annals of Saudi medicine
ISSN: 0975-4466
Titre abrégé: Ann Saudi Med
Pays: Saudi Arabia
ID NLM: 8507355

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Historique:
entrez: 4 2 2019
pubmed: 4 2 2019
medline: 14 5 2019
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Pneumonia, the commonest lower respiratory tract infection, can result in respiratory and non-respiratory complications. Few studies have reported on the prevalence of many complications. Identify the prevalence of 18 complications of pneumonia and compare complication rates by age group and type of pneu.monia. Identify most prevalent comorbidities, the effect of the number of comorbidities on the presence of complications, and the association between specific comorbidities and specific complications. Retrospective, cross-sectional prevalence study. Tertiary care center in Riyadh. The target population were patients aged 17 years and older, of different nationalities and both genders, diagnosed with pneumonia during the period of 2010 to 2017. Selection was by stratified sampling by year of admission. Complications of pneumonia. 800. Complications were observed in 427 patients (53.4%). The complications were respiratory in 258 patients (32%), sepsis and septic shock in 186 (23%), cardiac in 125 (16%), neurological in 5 (0.6%), and cholestatic jaundice in 2 (0.3%). Pleural effusion was the commonest complication, observed in 230 patients. There was a significant difference (P less than .001) between the complication rates in older patients compared to younger (60% as compared to 41%). For the type of pneumonia, there was a significant difference (P less than .001) between community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia in the presence of complications (OR=2.41, 95% CI for OR=1.66, 3.49). The number of comorbidities was significantly associated with the presence of complications (P=.001) for those with multiple comorbidities (46% for patients with no comorbid illnesses versus 68% in patients with three or more comorbidities). These results suggest that Saudi Arabia needs to establish better prevention and intervention programs, especially for the high-risk groups identified in this study: older patients, patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia and patients with two or more comorbidities. Retrospective design and single-centered. None.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Pneumonia, the commonest lower respiratory tract infection, can result in respiratory and non-respiratory complications. Few studies have reported on the prevalence of many complications.
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVE
Identify the prevalence of 18 complications of pneumonia and compare complication rates by age group and type of pneu.monia. Identify most prevalent comorbidities, the effect of the number of comorbidities on the presence of complications, and the association between specific comorbidities and specific complications.
DESIGN METHODS
Retrospective, cross-sectional prevalence study.
SETTING METHODS
Tertiary care center in Riyadh.
PATIENTS AND METHODS METHODS
The target population were patients aged 17 years and older, of different nationalities and both genders, diagnosed with pneumonia during the period of 2010 to 2017. Selection was by stratified sampling by year of admission.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES METHODS
Complications of pneumonia.
SAMPLE SIZE METHODS
800.
RESULTS RESULTS
Complications were observed in 427 patients (53.4%). The complications were respiratory in 258 patients (32%), sepsis and septic shock in 186 (23%), cardiac in 125 (16%), neurological in 5 (0.6%), and cholestatic jaundice in 2 (0.3%). Pleural effusion was the commonest complication, observed in 230 patients. There was a significant difference (P less than .001) between the complication rates in older patients compared to younger (60% as compared to 41%). For the type of pneumonia, there was a significant difference (P less than .001) between community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia in the presence of complications (OR=2.41, 95% CI for OR=1.66, 3.49). The number of comorbidities was significantly associated with the presence of complications (P=.001) for those with multiple comorbidities (46% for patients with no comorbid illnesses versus 68% in patients with three or more comorbidities).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
These results suggest that Saudi Arabia needs to establish better prevention and intervention programs, especially for the high-risk groups identified in this study: older patients, patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia and patients with two or more comorbidities.
LIMITATIONS CONCLUSIONS
Retrospective design and single-centered.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST BACKGROUND
None.

Identifiants

pubmed: 30712048
doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2019.29
pmc: PMC6464674
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

29-36

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Auteurs

Sara Ibrahim Alshahwan (SI)

Sara Ibrahim Alshahwan, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,, College of of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,, PO Box 102729 Riyadh 11685, Saudi Arabia, T: +966-55-235-6533, Alshahwan258@ ksau-hs.edu.sa, ORCID: http://orcid. org/0000-0002-3789-1682.

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