Significance of blood cultures in nursing home-acquired pneumonia.

The significance of blood cultures in nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) is incompletely understood. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical and laboratory features of 515 patients with NHAP admitted to our hospital over an 11-year period. Blood cultures were obtained from 336 patients (65.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy for aspiration pneumonia: A 10-year single-center experience.

Background: The significance of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in patients with aspiration pneumonia is unknown. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics and outcomes of aspiration pneumonia patients who underwent PEG.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients hospitalized with pneumonia who underwent PEG from 2005 to 2014.

Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema: effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in comparison with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of short-term comprehensive inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE), and to compare responses with those of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who underwent an identical programme.

Design: Retrospective analysis of several outcome measures.

Setting: Pulmonary ward at a 358-bed community teaching hospital.

Association of hyperglycemia on admission and during hospitalization with mortality in diabetic patients admitted for pneumonia.

Objective: Information available on the clinical features and outcomes of pneumonia in diabetic patients is limited. There are no data on the association between glycemic control during hospitalization and mortality in this population. The objective of this study is to examine whether the presence of hyperglycemia on admission and during hospitalization is associated with mortality in diabetic patients admitted to the hospital for pneumonia.