Risk and Prognostic Factors in Very Old Patients with Sepsis Secondary to Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

Little is known about risk and prognostic factors in very old patients developing sepsis secondary to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). In very old patients hospitalized with CAP, in-hospital and 1-year mortality rates were increased if they developed sepsis. Antibiotic therapy before hospital admission was associated with a lower risk of sepsis.
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