Changing incidence of pneumonia diagnosis in UK primary care from 2002-2017: Population-based cohort study

Conclusion: This analysis reveals a recent increase in pneumonia diagnosis in primary care but a contemporaneous decline in that of chest infection suggests that changes in disease labelling practice might partly account for this trend.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 20, 2019 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Sun, X., Douiri, A., Gulliford, M. Tags: Respiratory infections Source Type: research