Only significant surgery complications were analyzed, and were divided into three types: general (pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, heart attack, etc)., surgical (infectious, hematoma, CSF leakage, etc).
In general, "complicated pneumonia" refers to pneumonia accompanied by pleural effusion.
In addition, previous studies have reported on the risk of postoperative infection in general, including pneumonia, wound infection, urinary infection, and bacteraemia, rather than the risk of pneumonia only.
Postoperative complications were recorded in 57 37%) patients in the elderly cohort, compared with 164 (30%) in the younger group (p > 0.05), although general complications (pneumonia, pulmonary failure, pulmonary embolism, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular failure and urinary infection) were more frequent in the elderly (Group 1: 34 (22%); Group 2: 73 (13.7%), p = 0.02).
In general, S. pneumoniae is considered to be a human pathogen only, despite there being established mouse and rat models for various S. pneumoniae-caused diseases [2].
Data at district level in 2010 are collected for five health outcomes (cardiopathy, chronic pneumonia, general physical fitness, liver cancer, and mental health hospitalizations).
VAC's emphasis on complications in general rather than pneumonia per se sidesteps the inherent limitations of VAP diagnosis.
However, this study shows the general characteristics of pneumonia patients admitted to tertiary hospitals in South Korea.
One patient died in the general ward of pneumonia 3 weeks following discharge from the intensive care unit.
In general, reports suggestive of pneumonia but whose findings could be seen in non-pneumonia conditions or required clinical data unavailable within the report were termed 'possible'possible
To describe patterns of diagnostic testing and antibiotic management of uncomplicated pneumonia in general community hospitals and children's hospitals within hospitals and to determine the association between diagnostic testing and length of hospital stay.
