Poverty as an independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality in community-acquired pneumonia: A study in a developing country population

• DOI: 10.1111/ijcp.13085
• Publication Date: 2018-04-17T18:13:34Z
• Authors: Hassan Jahanihashemi; Mona Babaie; Soroush Bijani; Maryam Bazzazan; Behzad Bijani
• Keywords: Male; Iran; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Risk Factors; Humans; Hospital Mortality; Developing Countries; Poverty; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; 1. No poverty; Pneumonia; Middle Aged; Prognosis; 3. Good health; Community-Acquired Infections; Pleural Effusion; Cross-Sectional Studies; Social Class; Hyperglycemia; Acute Disease; Female; Hyponatremia

Background Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is one of the most severe lower respiratory tract infections with a high in-hospital mortality. The aim this study was to investigate socioeconomic and medical risk factors affecting prognosis acute pneumonia. results can mention value backgrounds like poverty illiteracy in clinical practice, even well-known biological phenomenon (eg pneumonia). Methods In cross-sectional study, all admitted patients tertiary teaching hospital diagnosis community acquired 12-month period were enrolled. Socioeconomic demographic characteristics, underlying conditions, manifestations para-clinical test at admission registered prospectively. A logistic regression model conducted using mortality as dependent variable. Results total 621 included study. Among them, 47 (7.6%) died during hospitalisation period. multiple analysis, pleural effusion, higher CURB-65 score, hyponatremia, hyperglycaemia (being economic class) identified independent for community-acquired Conclusion Numerous influence CAP. addition score some other factors, also affect early outcome being class (as an indicator poverty) interpreted factor poor