Activity of daily living upon admission is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in older patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Kang, Y; Fang, XY; Wang, D; Wang, XJ

Wang, XJ (corresponding author), Capital Med Univ, Beijing Chao Yang Hosp, Dept Internal Med, 8 Gongren Tiyuchang Nanlu, Beijing 100020, Peoples R China.

BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 2021; 21 (1):

Abstract

BackgroundOlder patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are at high risk for short-term mortality. Activity of daily living (ADL......

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