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Risk Factors for Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults

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  • Toshie Manabe
  • Shinji Teramoto
  • Nanako Tamiya
  • Jiro Okochi
  • Nobuyuki Hizawa

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Backgrounds: Aspiration pneumonia is a dominant form of community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia, and a leading cause of death among ageing populations. However, the risk factors for developing aspiration pneumonia in older adults have not been fully evaluated. The purpose of the present study was to determine the risk factors for aspiration pneumonia among the elderly. Methodology and Principal Findings: We conducted an observational study using data from a nationwide survey of geriatric medical and nursing center in Japan. The study subjects included 9930 patients (median age: 86 years, women: 76%) who were divided into two groups: those who had experienced an episode of aspiration pneumonia in the previous 3 months and those who had not. Data on demographics, clinical status, activities of daily living (ADL), and major illnesses were compared between subjects with and without aspiration pneumonia. Two hundred and fifty-nine subjects (2.6% of the total sample) were in the aspiration pneumonia group. In the univariate analysis, older age was not found to be a risk factor for aspiration pneumonia, but the following were: sputum suctioning (odds ratio [OR] = 17.25, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 13.16–22.62, p

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  • Toshie Manabe & Shinji Teramoto & Nanako Tamiya & Jiro Okochi & Nobuyuki Hizawa, 2015. "Risk Factors for Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(10), pages 1-12, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0140060
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140060
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